What Are the Causes of Vagus Nerve Damage?
The vagus nerve is one of 12 cranial nerves, meaning nerves that exit the spinal cord though the skull rather than through the vertebral column. The vagus nerve is known as the tenth cranial nerve. Its functions include supplying motor nerve impulses to the muscles of the voice box and tongue, receiving sensory impulses from the throat, ear and the organs of the chest and abdomen, and supplying visceral nerve impulses to the glands of the throat, and the chest and abdominal organs.
