Vagus
Nerve (CN X): Schema Anatomy
Glossopharyngeal
nerve (CN IX), Meningeal branch of vagus nerve, Auricular branch of vagus nerve,
Auditory tube (eustachian), Levator veli, palatini muscle, Salpingopharyngeus muscle,
Palatoglossus muscle, Palatopharyngeus muscle, Superior pharyngeal constrictor
muscle, Stylopharyngeus muscle, Middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle, Inferior
pharyngeal constrictor muscle, Cricothyroid muscle, Trachea, Esophagus,
Right
subclavian artery, Right recurrent laryngeal nerve, Heart, Cranial root (CN XI),
Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve (parasympathetic and visceral afferent), Spinal
tract and spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve (somatic afferent), Nuclei of
solitary tract (visceral afferents including taste), Nucleus ambiguus (motor to
pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles), Vagus nerve (CN X), Jugular foramen, Superior
ganglion of vagus nerve, Inferior ganglion of vagus nerve, Pharyngeal branch of
vagus nerve (motor to muscles of palate and pharynx; sensory to lower pharynx),
Communicating branch of vagus nerve to carotid sinus nerve (CN IX), Pharyngeal
plexus, Superior laryngeal nerve: Internal branch (sensory and parasympathetic),
External branch (motor to cricothyroid muscle and inferior pharyngeal
constrictor muscle), Superior cervical cardiac branch of vagus nerve, Inferior
cervical cardiac branch of vagus nerve, Thoracic cardiac branch of vagus nerve,
Left recurrent laryngeal nerve (motor to muscles of larynx except cricothyroid;
sensory and parasympathetic to larynx below vocal folds; parasympathetic and afferent
to upper esophagus and trachea), Pulmonary plexus, Hepatic branch of anterior vagal
trunk (in lesser omentum), Celiac branches from anterior and posterior vagal
trunks to celiac plexus, Celiac and superior mesenteric ganglia and celiac
plexus, Hepatic plexus, Cardiac plexus, Esophageal plexus, Gallbladder and bile
ducts, Liver, Pyloric branch from hepatic plexus, Pancreas, Anterior vagal trunk,
Gastric branches of anterior vagal trunk (branches from posterior trunk behind
stomach), Duodenum, Ascending colon, Vagal fibers (parasympathetic and afferent
fibers) accompany superior mesenteric artery and its branches usually as far as
left colic (splenic) flexure, Small intestine, Cecum, Appendix.
