{"id":1332,"date":"2020-08-05T21:10:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T21:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/head-and-neck\/neurovasculature\/innervation\/vagus-nerve-cn-x\/"},"modified":"2020-12-30T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T11:17:12","slug":"vagus-nerve-cn-x","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/neurovasculature\/innervation\/vagus-nerve-cn-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Vagus nerve (CN X)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"intro\">The vagus nerve (from Latin, wandering, due to its tortuous path that reaches all the way down to the abdomen) is the main parasympathetic nerve of the head.<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/meddists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/vagus.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Vagus nerve (CN X)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/vagus-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5042\"\/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Schematic drawing of the vagus nerve<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_1\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Course<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_1\">\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Exits through the anterior jugular foramen.<\/li><li>It gives off muscular (pharyngeal) and sensory (superior laryngeal) branches before entering the carotid sheath.<\/li><li>It continues under each sternocostal joint of each side (right\/left).<ul><li>The right side branches out and loops around the subclavian artery.<\/li><li>The left side branch will loop around the arch of the aorta<\/li><li>The terminal branch of each side is the recurrent laryngeal branch<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>As the main vagal branch will continue caudally to the thorax and abdomen, it will form the esophageal, pulmonary, and cardiac branches.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_2\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Main branches in the head and neck<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_2\">\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Pharyngeal&nbsp;<\/strong>(motor to the palate)<\/li><li><strong>Superior laryngeal<\/strong>&nbsp;(motor to cricothyroid, sensory to the pharynx, taste to the posterior tongue)<\/li><li><strong>Recurrent laryngeal&nbsp;<\/strong>(motor to laryngeal muscles except cricothyroid, sensory to the larynx)<\/li><li><strong>Cardiac<\/strong>&nbsp;(parasympathetic)<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/span><div id=\"the_titles\" style=\"display:none;\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course<\/h4><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main branches in the head and neck<\/h4><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Exits through the anterior jugular foramen. It gives off muscular (pharyngeal) and sensory (superior laryngeal) branches before entering the carotid sheath. It continues under each sternocostal joint of each side (right\/left). The right side branches out and loops around the subclavian artery. 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