part of part of has developmental contribution from extends_fibers_into gustatory system vagus nerve 10n AAO:0010475 BAMS:10n BAMS:Xn BTO:0003472 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). EFO:0002549 FMA:5731 GAID:721 HBA:9337 MA:0001106 MBA:917 MESH:D014630 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] OpenCyc:Mx4rviHk2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA TAO:0000453 UBERON:0001759 UMLS:C0042276 UMLS:C1305910 VHOG:0000737 Vagus nerve [X] 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] XAO:0003097 ZFA:0000453 cranial nerve X galen:VagusNerve http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=702 nerve X nervus vagus nervus vagus [x] pneuomgastric nerve tenth cranial nerve uberon vagal nerve vagus vagus X nerve vagus nerve or its root vagus nerve tree cranial nerve viscus neural crest basal plate metencephalon vagus nerve nucleus