Posterior vagal trunk

Posterior vagal trunk
Posterior vagal trunk
	The tracheobronchial lymph glands.
	Course and distribution of the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	truncus vagalis posterior
TA98	A14.2.01.179
TA2	6679
FMA	6227
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The posterior vagal trunk is a branch of the vagus nerve which contributes to the esophageal plexus. It consists primarily of fibers from the right vagus, but also contains a few fibers from the left vagus.

Branches[]

Celiac branch
Posterior gastric branches

External links[]

thoraxlesson5 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (postmediastinumlevel2)
https://web.archive.org/web/20071202231521/http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/modules/peritoneal_dev_module/peritoneal_03.html

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