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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014630
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Preferred Name

Vagus Nerve

Definitions
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).
Synonyms
Tenth Cranial Nerve
Cranial Nerve, Tenth
Pneumogastric Nerves
Nerve X, Cranial
Nerves, Tenth Cranial
Nerve, Pneumogastric
Nerves, Vagus
Nerve, Tenth Cranial
Vagus, Nervus
Nerves, Pneumogastric
Tenth Cranial Nerves
Nerve Xs
Nervus Vagus
Nerve, Vagus
Cranial Nerves, Tenth
Vagus Nerves
Pneumogastric Nerve
Nerve X
Cranial Nerve X
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