Dorsal nucleus of 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 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-752 | |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_2642 | |
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. It mostly serves parasympathetic vagal functions in the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, and other thoracic and abdominal vagal innervations. The cell bodies for the preganglionic parasympathetic vagal neurons that innervate the heart reside in the nucleus ambiguus.
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Section of the medulla oblongata at about the middle of the olive.
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The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue.
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- dorsal+nucleus+of+vagus+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary
- Brainstem at UWisc 08CNX
- MedEd at Loyola GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cn10.htm
- Overview at mcgill.ca
- NIF Search - Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve via the Neuroscience Information Framework
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