Vagus

Question 0

Name the related cranial nerves to the nucleus of the tractus solitarius.

Answer 0

Facial, glossopharyngeal and vagus.

Question 1

Name the four nuclei which are connected to the vagus nerve.

Answer 1

Dorsal nucleus of vagus, Nucleus ambiguus, Tractus solitarius and Spinal nucleus of trigeminal.

Question 2

The superior ganglion of the vagus is also known as ___.

Answer 2

Jugular gangion.

Question 3

The nodose ganglion is known as ___.

Answer 3

Inferior ganglion of vagus.

Question 4

Name the nerves which arise from the jugular ganglion.

Answer 4

Meningeal branch and auricular branch.

Question 5

Name the nerves which arise from the nodose ganglion.

Answer 5

Pharyngeal n, branches to carotid body and superior laryngeal.

Question 6

Name the nerve which is distributed to the posterior wall of the external tympanic meatus.

Answer 6

Auricular branch.

Question 7

Name the branch of vagus which joins the posterior auricular nerve of the facial nerve.

Answer 7

Auricular branch.

Question 8

Name the nerve which crosses the 1st part of the right subclavian artery.

Answer 8

Vagus nerve.

Question 9

Name the nerves which supply the carotid body.

Answer 9

Carotid nerve of glossopharyngeal nerve and branches to carotid body of vagus.

Question 10

The superior laryngeal nerve arises from the ___.

Answer 10

Middle of the nodose ganglion.

Question 11

Name the nerve which supplies the sensory fibers to above the vocal fold of the larynx.

Answer 11

Internal laryngeal of superior laryngeal nerve.

Question 12

Name the nerve which supplies the aryepiglotic fold.

Answer 12

Lower branch of internal laryngeal nerve.

Question 13

Name the nerve which innervates the cricothyroid muscle.

Answer 13

External laryngeal of superior laryngeal nerve.

Question 14

Name the nerve which winds the aortic arch just behind the ligamentum arteriosum.

Answer 14

Left recurrent laryngeal.

Question 15

Name the nerve which innervates all the laryngeal muscles except the cricothyroid muscle.

Answer 15

Left recurrent laryngeal.

Question 16

Name the nerve which supplies sensory fibers to the mucous membrane below the vocal folds of the larynx.

Answer 16

Left recurrent laryngeal.

Question 17

The 2nd, to 5th or 6th thoracic ganglia of the sympathetic trunk join the ___.

Answer 17

Right posterior pulmonary branches.

Question 18

The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th thoracic ganglia join the ___.

Answer 18

Left posterior pulmonary branches.

Question 19

The anterior vagal trunk is formed mainly by ___.

Answer 19

Anterior esophageal plexus.

Question 20

Name the four branches from the vagus nerve in the thorax.

Answer 20

Cardiac (inferior), recurrent laryngeal (left), pulmonary and esopheageal.

Question 21

Name the nerve which is distributed to the dura mater in the posterior cranial fossa.

Answer 21

Meningeal branch of vagus.

Question 22

Name the principal motor nerve of the pharynx.

Answer 22

Pharyngeal nerve of vagus.

Question 23

The cranial root of the accessory nerve is mainly carried by the ___ of ___ and ___ of ___.

Answer 23

Pharyngeal nerve of vagus and…

Question 24

The vagal fibers of the pharyngeal plexus innervate the muscles of the soft palate except ___.

Answer 24

Tensor veli palatini.

Question 25

The fibers from the pharyngeal nerve of the vagus joins the hypoglossal nerve, which is also known as ___.

Answer 25

Ramus lingularic vagi.

Question 26

The large celiac branch is mainly from the ___.

Answer 26

Posterior vagal trunk.

Question 27

In the abdomen, the posterior vagal trunk divides into a small ___ branch and a large ___ branch.

Answer 27

Gastric and celiac.

Question 28

Name the four plexuses which the celiac branch of the posterior vagal trunk supplies.

Answer 28

Celiac, hepatic, renal and splenic.

Question 29

The meningeal nerve of the vagus nerve arises from the ___.

Answer 29

Jugular ganglion.