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tenth cranial nerve
tenth cranial nerve The tenth cranial nerve is the vagus nerve.
The tenth cranial nerve is the vagus nerve. It carries both sensory and motor fibers, including signals from parts of the ear, throat, chest, and abdomen, and it also provides parasympathetic output to organs in the chest and abdomen and motor supply to muscles of the pharynx and larynx.