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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).
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- Cranial Nerve X
- Nerve X
- Nervus Vagus
- Pneumogastric Nerve
- Tenth Cranial Nerve
- Cranial Nerve, Tenth
- Cranial Nerves, Tenth
- Nerve X, Cranial
- Nerve Xs
- Nerve, Pneumogastric
- Nerve, Tenth Cranial
- Nerve, Vagus
- Nerves, Pneumogastric
- Nerves, Tenth Cranial
- Nerves, Vagus
- Pneumogastric Nerves
- Tenth Cranial Nerves
- Vagus Nerves
- Vagus, Nervus
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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neoplasm = VAGUS NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)
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- National Library of Medicine. Vagus Nerve. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014630. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014630
- Vagus Nerve. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagus_nerve
- Vagus Nerve. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190140