Dorsal nucleus of the vagus nerve
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| Brain: Posterior nucleus of vagus nerve | ||
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| Nuclei of origin of cranial motor nerves schematically represented; lateral view. ("X" visible at bottom center.) | ||
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| #9 is vagus nerve and nucleus | ||
| Latin | nucleus posterior nervi vagi | |
| Gray's | subject # | |
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| Artery | ||
| Vein | ||
| BrainInfo/UW | hier-752 | |
| MeSH | [1] | |
The dorsal nucleus of the vagus nerve (or posterior motor nucleus of vagus) is a cranial nerve nucleus for the vagus nerve that arises from the floor of the fourth ventricle.
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Section of the medulla oblongata at about the middle of the olive.
The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue.
Primary terminal nuclei of the afferent (sensory) cranial nerves schematically represented; lateral view.
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External linksEdit
- Dictionary at eMedicine dorsal+nucleus+of+vagus+nerve
- Brainstem at UWisc 08CNX
- MedEd at Loyola GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cn10.htm
- Overview at mcgill.ca
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