Chapter 16, Problem 8CP

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The nerve responsible for parasympathetic innervation of various organs like the lungs, heart, stomach, liver, pancreas, and parts of the small and large intestine.

Introduction:

Vagus nerve is the tenth nerve of human nervous system. It was previously known as the pneumogastric nerve. It is the longest cranial nerve. As it passes through the neck and thorax region, so it has both the sensory and the motor nerve fibres. It has the widest span among all the nerves of the body because it is the longest nerve from brain, as it comes out from the medulla oblongata.