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Vagus Nerve

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Definition: 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).  neoplasm   
See Also Vagotomy
Examples Laryngeal Nerves; Nodose Ganglion 		Other names Tenth Cranial Nerve; Pneumogastric Nerve; Cranial Nerve X; X, Cranial Nerve; Vagus Nerves; Tenth Cranial Nerves; Pneumogastric Nerves; Nerves, Vagus; Nerves, Tenth Cranial; Nerves, Pneumogastric; Nerve, Vagus; Nerve, Tenth Cranial; Nerve, Pneumogastric; Nerve X, Cranial; Cranial Nerves, Tenth; Cranial Nerve, Tenth

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