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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 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier |
n_11/12582533 |
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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MYELENCEPHALON/MEDULLA: arcuate nucleus of medulla, solitary nucleus, hypoglossal nucleus, nucleus ambiguus, olivary body, inferior olivary nucleus, cuneate nucleus, accessory cuneate nucleus, gracile nucleus, inferior salivatory nucleus, raphe nuclei (obscurus, magnus, pallidus), area postrema, posterior nucleus of vagus nerve
METENCEPHALON/CEREBELLUM: cerebellar vermis, flocculus, arbor vitae
METENCEPHALON/PONS: pontine tegmentum, superior salivary nucleus, trapezoid body, pontine nuclei (superior olivary nucleus, trigeminal nerve nuclei, abducens nucleus, facial motor nucleus, cochlear nuclei, vestibular nuclei), locus ceruleus, paramedian pontine reticular formation, nucleus centralis superior
FOURTH VENTRICLE: obex, median aperture
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