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Categories: Gustatory system, Autonomic nervous system, Cranial nerves, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Vagus nerve

vagus vagus nerve nervus vagus pneumogastric pneumogastric nerve

A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera WordNet 3.0

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A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The vagus nerve, also known as the tenth cranial nerve, cranial nerve X, or simply CN X, is a cranial nerve that carries sensory fibers that create a pathway that interfaces with the parasympathetic control of the heart, lungs, and digestive tract. Wikipedia

The tenth cranial nerve Wikipedia Disambiguation

Tenth cranial nerve Wikidata

The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body. Wiktionary

Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves, which extends from the brainstem down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart. Wiktionary

Cranial nerve. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

cranial nerve

HAS KIND

recurrent laryngeal nerve

anterior vagal trunk

posterior vagal trunk

DERIVATION

vagal

HAS ANATOMICAL BRANCH

auricular branch of vagus nerve

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