Vagus Nerve (CN X)

📅 Last Updated: 01.01.2025
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This PDF covers the vagus nerve (CN X) and its extensive parasympathetic, motor, and sensory functions, regulating heart rate, digestion, and speech. The pathway is detailed but visually simplified, showing its nuclei, course, and branches from the head to the abdomen. A table at the end summarizes the pathway and nerves.

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