Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

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Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

by Arjun Iyer 

There are nerves in our arms, there are nerves in our ears,

There are nerves that make sure we can see and can hear,

There are nerves in our feet (that can oft fall asleep)

And there’s nerves behind even the tiniest sneer

But though most neurons travel with nary a curve,

Save to duck behind muscle or give a quick swerve,

From the Vagus spring forth, to return to the north

The amazing Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

There are those that must question the worth of its trek

‘Round the top of the heart on its way to the neck

“How absurd,” with a laugh, “Have you seen the giraffe?”

“That’s a 15-foot detour!” they cry. “What the heck?”

Some may call it peculiar, and some call it odd,

And some say it disproves the existence of God

Something so overwrought must have taken no thought

“Or at least,” snigger they, “The design was quite flawed.”

But a nerve cannot feel and a nerve cannot hear

It just moves as it has been for millions of years

From the brain to the heart to neck (near the start)

Giving voices to naysayers voicing their jeers