Cranial Nerve X (Vagus Nerve)

The vagus nerve is also a mixed sensory and motor nerve with an important parasympathetic division to thoracic and abdominal viscera. Through various branches it innervates the muscles of the pharynx, larynx, respiratory tract, lungs, heart, esophagus and some abdominal viscera. One branch of the nerve, the recurrent laryngeal nerve, enables speech