vagal (nerve) trunk

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Introduction

One of the two nerve bundles of the parasympathetic nerve, anterior (from the left vagus nerve (CN X)) & posterior (from the right vagus nerve), into which the esophageal plexus continues as it passes through the diaphragm.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.