Nerve06/cranial nerves/10vagus
| The vagus nerve (number X cranial nerve) functions as the nerve for taste from the epiglottis, sensation of the larynx, thoracic and abdominal organs, muscles of swallowing and vocation. |
The vagus nerve (number X cranial nerve) branches into a complex structure, and functions as the parasympathetic nerve for most of the thoracic and abdominal organs.
The vagus nerve (number X cranial nerve) functions as the nerve for the muscles of swallowing, as does the glosso-pharyngeal nerve (number IX cranial nerve).
The nerve for the taste from the anterior 2/3 of the tongue is the facial nerve (number VII cranial nerve). That from the posterior 1/3 of the tongue is the glosso-pharyngeal nerve (number IX cranial nerve). That from the epiglottis is the vagus nerve (number X cranial nerve).
Challenge Quiz
The vagus nerve is the number I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII cranial nerve.
The vagus nerve functions as the nerve for muscles of swallowing taste from the epiglottis sensation of the larynx thoracic and abdominal organs muscles of vocation taste from the anterior 2/3 of the tongue taste from the posterior 1/3 of the tongue tongue muscles sensation of the pharynx .