The Vagus Nerve
Nerve which innervates all of our vital organs including Heart, Stomach,
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The upper section of the stomach is called the fundus and acts as a
hypothalamus and brainstem, and may also act through the vagus nerve.
of the vagus nerve increases survival in laboratory models of sepsis.
Vagus Nerve
surgery on the stomach or vagus nerve. viral infections
The stomach is located (B), and the vagus nerves are cut in turn (C and D).
vagus nerve .
Cardiac branches of the vagus carrying visceromotor fibers synapse on
A. Vagus nerve center (governed by the heart center)
To remove a portion of the stomach in a gastrectomy, the surgeon gains
under the skin and the contacts are attached to the left vagus nerve.
The viscera are mainly innervated parasympathetically by the vagus nerve and
Vagus nerve
Innervation of Stomach and Proximal Duodenum
Diagram of the stomach, showing the different regions.
Gastroparesis is a stomach disorder in which the stomach takes too long in
