Vagus Nerve
Synonyms
Cranial Nerve X
Cranial Nerve, Tenth
Cranial Nerves, Tenth
Nerve X
Nerve X, Cranial
Nerve Xs
Nerve, Pneumogastric
Nerve, Tenth Cranial
Nerve, Vagus
Nerves, Pneumogastric
Nerves, Tenth Cranial
Nerves, Vagus
Nervus Vagus
Pneumogastric Nerve
Pneumogastric Nerves
Tenth Cranial Nerve
Tenth Cranial Nerves
Vagus Nerves
Vagus, Nervus
The 10th cranial nerve. The vagus is a mixed nerve which contains somatic afferents (from skin in back of the ear and the external auditory meatus), visceral afferents (from the pharynx, larynx, thorax, and abdomen), parasympathetic efferents (to the thorax and abdomen), and efferents to striated muscle (of the larynx and pharynx).
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