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MeSH Heading: Vagus Nerve
Tree Number(s): A08.800.050.050.925; A08.800.050.600.825; A08.800.800.060.920; A08.800.800.120.900
Unique ID: D014630
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014630
Annotation: neoplasm = VAGUS NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)
Scope Note: The 10th cranial nerve. The vagus is a mixed nerve which contains somatic afferents (from skin in back of the ear and the external auditory meatus), visceral afferents (from the pharynx, larynx, thorax, and abdomen), parasympathetic efferents (to the thorax and abdomen), and efferents to striated muscle (of the larynx and pharynx).
Entry Term(s): Cranial Nerve X; Nerve X; Nervus Vagus; Pneumogastric Nerve; Tenth Cranial Nerve
See Also: Vagotomy
Entry Combination: injuries:Vagus Nerve Injuries
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/28

Entry Combination: injuries:Vagus Nerve Injuries
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0022493
Scope Note: The 10th cranial nerve. The vagus is a mixed nerve which contains somatic afferents (from skin in back of the ear and the external auditory meatus), visceral afferents (from the pharynx, larynx, thorax, and abdomen), parasympathetic efferents (to the thorax and abdomen), and efferents to striated muscle (of the larynx and pharynx).
Terms: Vagus Nerve Preferred Term
Term UI T042783
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Pneumogastric Nerve
Term UI T042781
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Tenth Cranial Nerve
Term UI T042782
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Cranial Nerve X
Term UI T042784
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Nerve X
Term UI T856755
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Nervus Vagus
Term UI T856756
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

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