2025年2月13日 · The vagus nerve is the 10 th cranial nerve (CN X). It is a functionally diverse nerve, offering many different modalities of innervation. It is associated with the derivatives of the fourth and sixth pharyngeal arches. In this article, we shall look at the anatomy of the vagus nerve – its anatomical course, functions and clinical correlations.

2022年1月11日 · What is the Vagus Nerve? The vagus nerve, also known as the vagal nerves, are the main nerves of your parasympathetic nervous system. This system controls specific body functions such as your digestion, heart rate and immune system. These functions are involuntary, meaning you can’t consciously control them.

The vagus nerve, also known as the tenth cranial nerve (CN X), plays a crucial role in the autonomic nervous system. This nerve carries both sensory and motor fibers and serves as a major pathway that connects the brain to various organs, including the …

2022年11月7日 · The vagus nerve (cranial nerve [CN] X) is the longest in the body, containing both motor and sensory functions in afferent and efferent regards. The nerve travels widely throughout the body, affecting several organ systems and regions of the body, such as the tongue, pharynx, heart, and gastrointestinal system.

2023年10月30日 · The vagus nerve, or the 10th cranial nerve (CN X), is the longest and most complex of the cranial nerves. The vagus nerve differs slightly as it primarily supplies the organs of the chest and abdomen, as opposed to the head and neck. It is called “vagus” as it is a vagrant or wandering nerve going down to the abdomen.

2024年5月6日 · The vagus nerve, also known as the 10th cranial nerve or CN X, is one of the longest and most complex nerves in the human body. It starts in the brainstem, travels through the neck, chest, and abdomen, and branches out to the heart, lungs, digestive tract, and even the tongue and ears.

2024年8月28日 · The vagus nerve (TA: nervus vagus or nervus cranialis X), the tenth cranial nerve (CN X), exits the skull through the jugular foramen, travels down the neck within the carotid sheath, over the pericardium and into the abdomen, giving off numerous branches. It is the longest cranial nerve.

The 10 th cranial nerve (Cranial Nerve X, or C.N. X, using the Roman Numeral for “10”) is named “vagus,” meaning “wandering,” because of its long and diverse course through the body. The nerve originates in the lower brainstem (medulla oblongata) and sends branches to many structures on its way from base of skull all the way down to ...

The vagus nerve has multiple functions such as somatic, visceral and special sensory innervation, as well as somatic and visceral motor innervation. Now, the vagus nerve emerges from the lateral medulla through a group of rootlets that join and leave the cranium through the jugular foramen along with cranial nerves 9 and 11, or the ...

The vagus nerve (Latin: nervus vagus), also called the vagus, is the tenth cranial nerve (CN X). It is the cranial nerve with the widest distribution in the human body because it innervates not only structures in the head but also runs through the neck, thorax, and abdomen, supplying most of the visceral organs there.