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dorsal motor nucleus of vagus
Visceral motor nucleus in the floor of the 4th ventricle.
Efferents:
- cell bodies project parasympathetic fibers of the vagus nerve innervating muscles of the heart & smooth muscle & exocrine glands of the respiratory tract & intestinal tract.
Related
vagus nerve (CN X)
General
cranial nerve nucleus
References
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
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