CranialandCervicalNerves
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Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
Meningeal branch of vagus nerve
Auricular branch of vagus nerve
Pharyngotympanic (auditory, eustachian) tube
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
Dorsal nucleus of vagus
nerve (parasympathetic
and visceral afferent)
Spinal tract and spinal
nucleus of trigeminal nerve
(somatic afferent)
Solitary tract nucleus (visceral
afferents including taste)
Nucleus ambiguus
(motor to pharyngeal
and laryngeal muscles)
Vagus nerve (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 branch of glossopharyngeal nerve
Pharyngeal plexus
Superior laryngeal nerve:
Internal branch (sensory and parasympathetic)
External branch (motor to cricothyroid 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, efferent, 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 motor,
secretomotor, and afferent fibers) accompany
superior mesenteric artery and its branches
usually as far as left colic (splenic) flexure
Small intestine
Cecum
Appendix
Efferent fibers
Afferent fibers
Parasympathetic fibers
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