Renal branches of vagus nerve

Renal branches of vagus nerve
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Identifiers
Latin	rami renales nervi vagi
Dorlands /Elsevier	r_02/12691909
TA	A14.2.01.183
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

The renal branches of vagus nerve are small branches which provide parasympathetic innervation to the kidney.

near origin	intermediate nerve geniculate

inside facial canal	greater petrosal pterygopalatine ganglion nerve to the stapedius chorda tympani lingual nerve submandibular ganglion

at stylomastoid foramen	posterior auricular suprahyoid digastric stylohyoid parotid plexus temporal zygomatic buccal mandibular cervical

Nuclei	Facial motor nucleus Solitary nucleus Superior salivary nucleus

vestibulocochlear

glossopharyngeal

before jugular fossa	ganglia superior inferior

after jugular fossa	tympanic tympanic plexus lesser petrosal otic ganglion stylopharyngeal branch pharyngeal branches tonsillar branches lingual branches carotid sinus

Nuclei	(Nucleus ambiguus Inferior salivatory nucleus Solitary nucleus

vagus

before jugular fossa	ganglia superior inferior

after jugular fossa	meningeal branch auricular branch

neck	pharyngeal branch pharyngeal plexus superior laryngeal external internal recurrent laryngeal (inferior) superior cervical cardiac

thorax	inferior cardiac pulmonary vagal trunks anterior posterior

abdomen	celiac renal hepatic anterior gastric posterior gastric

Nuclei	Nucleus ambiguus Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve Solitary nucleus

accessory

Nuclei
- Nucleus ambiguus
- Spinal accessory nucleus
cranial
spinal

hypoglossal

Nucleus
Branches
- lingual

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Renal branches of vagus nerve

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