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Summary of vagus nerve

 Vagus nerve 

Foramen 

Type

Functional component

Function

Nuclei

Jugular foramen

Mixed nerve both sensory and motor

SVA: 

Carry taste sensation from the posteriormost part of the tongue and epiglottis

Nucleus of tractus solitaries 

GVA

Carry  touch pain temperature sensation from thoracic and abdominal viscera

Nucleus of tractus solitaries 

GSA :

Carry sensation from the skin of the external ear.

Spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve

SVE

Muscle of palate, larynx and pharynx

Nucleus ambiguus

 GVE:

Smooth muscle and gland of thoracic and abdominal viscera

Dorsal nucleus of vagus


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