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vagus nerve

tenth cranial nerve
Class type of: cranial nervi, particular anatomical entity Q190140
vagus nerve
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Facts

6 properties
Instance of
class of anatomical entity
Subclass of
cranial nervi, particular anatomical entity
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[4][5]
Has anatomical branch
auricular branch of vagus nerve[17]
Innervates
levator veli palatini, salpingopharyngeus muscle, palatoglossus muscle, palatopharyngeus muscle, superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle, inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, liver, pancreas, cricothyroid muscle[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C12812[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en CN X en vagus nerve en cranial nerve X en pneumogastric nerve ar العصب القحفي العاشر ar العصب المبهم ar العصب التائه ar العصب الرئوي المعدي ar Vagus ar Nucleus ambiguus ar العصب الحائر ar عصب حائر ar عصب مبهم cs vagus cs bloudivý nerv cs X. hlavový nerv cs nervus vagus de Vagus de N. vagus de Vagusnerv
🔖 Identifiers · 52
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85141766
GND ID
4187315-4
OpenAlex ID
C2781404750
BBC Things ID
c6bd1dc3-ef69-4082-8f49-da01e7e2f085
BNCF Thesaurus ID
22183
BVPB authority ID
107858
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12258874h
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
levenswetenschappen-en-geneeskunde/vagus
DeCS ID
15033
Dewey Decimal Classification
573.85, 612.819
Elhuyar ZTH ID
033623
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
37Vemp
Show all 52 identifiers +40
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
133851, 62049
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/vagus-nerve
FAST ID
1163685
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
5731
Freebase ID
/m/098kw
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
nervi-vague
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0216630
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1870612
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
bluzhdaiushchii-nerv-cda99d
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
1740321841
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XA6VN1
IdRef ID
031358020, 040797317
J9U entity ID
987007531856105171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
vagus-nerve-diseases
KBpedia ID
VagusNerve
Lex ID
nervus_vagus
MeSH descriptor ID
D014630
MeSH tree code
A08.800.050.050.925, A08.800.050.600.825, A08.800.800.060.920, A08.800.800.120.900
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781404750
NALT ID
57472
NL CR AUT ID
ph1228027
National Library of Latvia ID
000290723
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX532098
NeuroNames ID (plain mode)
702
Quora topic ID
Vagus-Nerve-1
SVKKL authority ID
0448066-bloudivy-nerv
Store medisinske leksikon ID
nervus_vagus, vagusnerven
TA2 ID
6332
TA98 Latin term
nervus vagus
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID
A14.2.01.153
Topic's main category
Category:Vagus nerve
UBERON ID
0001759
UMLS CUI
C0042276
WikiSkripta article ID
7235
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["AnatomicalStructure", "VagusNerve"]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
05487728-n
Xenopus Anatomical Ontology ID
XAO_0003097
YSO ID
39527
Yale LUX ID
concept/06c183ea-9f35-4b1b-a556-40c5d18f5a91
Zhihu topic ID
19628516

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🔗 Connections
← Innervated by 13
liver, small intestine, pancreas, jejunum, ascending colon, levator veli palatini, lingual tonsil, superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle +5 more
Innervates 10
liver, pancreas, cricothyroid muscle, levator veli palatini, superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle, palatoglossus muscle, palatopharyngeus muscle +2 more
← Innervates 4
liver, gallbladder, ileum, jejunum
Followed by (predecessor) 1
accessory nerve
Subclass of 1
cranial nervi
Topic's main category 1
Category:Vagus nerve
← Anatomical location 1
vagal tone
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Vagus nerve
← Connects with 1
carotid body
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Summary

vagus nerve is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It is a type of cranial nervi[2] and particular anatomical entity[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 107858
    "Created claim: BVPB authority ID: 107858, batch #294593"
  2. 26d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Store medisinske leksikon ID → nervus_vagus, vagusnerven
    "Changed [nb] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: SML ID nervus_vagus deprecated (now SML vagusnerven), SML ID vagusnerven, other names from Store medisinske leksikon (…"
  3. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 37Vemp
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  4. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0448066-bloudivy-nerv
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0448066-bloudivy-nerv, batch #259494"
  5. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Innervates → levator veli palatini, salpingopharyngeus muscle, palatoglossus muscle +1
    Subclass of → cranial nervi, particular anatomical entity
    Instance of → class of anatomical entity
    Has anatomical branch → auricular branch of vagus nerve
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 39527, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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