where does the vagus nerve afferent fibres
Gross Anatomy. The vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve. It contains motor and sensory fibers and, because it passes through the neck and thorax to the abdomen, has the widest distribution in the body. It contains somatic and visceral afferent fibers, as well as general and special visceral efferent fibers.(See Table 1, below.).ibers from the dorsal motor nucleus X pass through the spinal trigeminal nucleus and tract, emerging from the medulla oblongata lateral surface to join the rest of the vagus. Visceral sensory (afferent general and special visceral). Nerve cells are located in the inferior (nodose) ganglion of the vagus.