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MeSH Heading: Vagus Nerve Injuries
Tree Number(s): C10.292.200.937; C10.292.887.399; C10.900.300.218.887; C26.915.300.400.912
Unique ID: D061223
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D061223
Scope Note: Traumatic injuries to the VAGUS NERVE. Because the vagus nerve innervates multiple organs, injuries in the nerve fibers may result in any gastrointestinal organ dysfunction downstream of the injury site.
Entry Term(s): Cranial Nerve X Injury; Injury, Cranial Nerve X; Injury, Tenth Cranial Nerve; Tenth Cranial Nerve Injuries; Tenth Cranial Nerve Injury; Tenth-Nerve Palsy, Traumatic; Tenth-Nerve Trauma; Traumatic Tenth-Nerve Palsy; Vagus Nerve Avulsion; Vagus Nerve Contusion; Vagus Nerve Transection; Vagus Nerve Trauma; Vagus Neuropathy, Traumatic
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Cranial Nerve Diseases [C10.292]
  - Cranial Nerve Injuries [C10.292.200]

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Cranial Nerve Diseases [C10.292]
  - Vagus Nerve Diseases [C10.292.887]
    - Vagus Nerve Injuries [C10.292.887.399]
    - Vocal Cord Paralysis [C10.292.887.800]

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Trauma, Nervous System [C10.900]
  - Craniocerebral Trauma [C10.900.300]
    - Cranial Nerve Injuries [C10.900.300.218]

Wounds and Injuries [C26]
- Trauma, Nervous System [C26.915]
  - Craniocerebral Trauma [C26.915.300]
    - Cranial Nerve Injuries [C26.915.300.400]

Vagus Nerve Injuries Preferred

Concept UI: M0556749
Scope Note: Traumatic injuries to the VAGUS NERVE. Because the vagus nerve innervates multiple organs, injuries in the nerve fibers may result in any gastrointestinal organ dysfunction downstream of the injury site.
Terms: Vagus Nerve Injuries Preferred Term
Term UI T788958
Date04/14/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Injury, Tenth Cranial Nerve
Term UI T789021
Date04/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Tenth Cranial Nerve Injuries
Term UI T789022
Date04/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Tenth Cranial Nerve Injury
Term UI T789023
Date04/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Tenth-Nerve Palsy, Traumatic
Term UI T789024
Date04/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Tenth-Nerve Trauma
Term UI T789025
Date04/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Traumatic Tenth-Nerve Palsy
Term UI T789026
Date04/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Vagus Nerve Trauma
Term UI T789017
Date04/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Vagus Neuropathy, Traumatic
Term UI T789018
Date04/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Injury, Cranial Nerve X
Term UI T789020
Date04/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Cranial Nerve X Injury
Term UI T789019
Date04/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012)

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