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Branchial motor
Visceral motor
Visceral sensory
General sensory| Cranial Nerve X - Vagus | Page 24 of 24 |
Clinical Correlation
Stimulation of the fibers of the auricular nerve in the external auditory meatus can cause coughing and/or vomiting by reflex activation of the visceral motor component of the vagus nerve via the reticulobulbar pathway.
Figure 10-24. Clinical correlation, auricular nerve.
