alleryStart learning →Which cranial nerve is the vagus?
ANumber four
BNumber ten
CNumber three
DNumber seven
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Number ten
1. It reaches thoracic and abdominal organs.
2. It is the great parasympathetic nerve.
3. Neurons project through the vagus nerve, cranial nerve X, to the terminal ganglia.
4. So the answer is ten.
_Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 15 'The Autonomic Nervous System'_
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