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 one of the two divisions (the other being the anterior vagal trunk) into which the vagus nerve splits as it passes through the esophageal hiatus to enter the abdominal cavity.^[1] The anterior and posterior vagal trunks together represent the inferior continuation of the esophageal nervous plexus inferior to the diaphragm.^[2]

Anatomy

Branches

• Celiac branch^{[citation needed]}
• Posterior gastric branches of posterior vagal trunk|Posterior gastric branches^{[citation needed]}

References

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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