 Vagus Nerve
"Vagus Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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).
| Descriptor ID |
D014630
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.050.050.925 A08.800.050.600.825 A08.800.800.060.920 A08.800.800.120.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Vagus Nerve- Vagus Nerve
- Nerve, Vagus
- Nerves, Vagus
- Vagus Nerves
- Nervus Vagus
- Vagus, Nervus
- Tenth Cranial Nerve
- Cranial Nerve, Tenth
- Cranial Nerves, Tenth
- Nerve, Tenth Cranial
- Nerves, Tenth Cranial
- Tenth Cranial Nerves
- Nerve X
- Nerve Xs
- Cranial Nerve X
- Nerve X, Cranial
- X, Cranial Nerve
- Pneumogastric Nerve
- Nerve, Pneumogastric
- Nerves, Pneumogastric
- Pneumogastric Nerves
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