part_of part of part of has developmental contribution from has developmental contribution from extends_fibers_into gustatory system vagus nerve http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Gray791.png nerve X vagal nerve FMA:5731 ZFA:0000453 XAO:0003097 vagus nerve or its root SCTID:362466001 GAID:721 uberon MBA:917 EFO:0002549 BAMS:Xn vagus nerve tree vagus nerve [X] CN-X Cranial nerve that branches into the lateral (to body sense organs) and the intestino-accessorial (to the skin, muscles of shoulder, hyoid, larynx, gut, lungs, and heart). NCIT:C12812 OpenCyc:Mx4rviHk2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA pneuomgastric nerve We conclude this section by listing some of the many synapomorphies of craniates, including (...) (5) cranial nerves (...) (reference 1); Phylogenetically, the cranial nerves are thought to have evolved from dorsal and ventral nerves of a few anterior spinal nerves that became incorporated into the braincase. Dorsal and ventral nerves fuse in the trunk but not in the head, and they produce two series: dorsal cranial nerves (V, VII, IX, and X) and ventral cranial nerves (III, IV, VI, and XIII) (reference 2).[well established][VHOG] BAMS:10n Nerve consisting of branchiomotor and visceral efferent fibers which branch and innervate the smooth muscles and glands of the heart, lungs, esophagus, and stomach as well as some throat muscles. Sensory fibers supply mucosa of the mouth and pharynx.[AAO] http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=702 nervus vagus [x] UBERON:0001759 tenth cranial nerve UMLS:C1305910 HBA:9337 BTO:0003472 TAO:0000453 vagus EMAPA:37797 VHOG:0000737 UMLS:C0042276 Wikipedia:Vagus_nerve MA:0001106 cranial nerve X BIRNLEX:801 10n vagus X nerve galen:VagusNerve nervus vagus MESH:D014630 AAO:0010475 cranial nerve viscus neural crest basal plate metencephalon vagus nerve nucleus