FIG. 49. The Course, Relations and Branches of the Left Vagus Nerve. 



i. Vagus nerve; 4. Pharyngeal branch; 5. Internal laryngeal nerve; 6. External 

 laryngeal nerve ; 8. Thyreoid gland ; 9. Cardiac branches ; 10. Recurrent (laryngeal) 

 nerve ; 13. Root of lung ; 14, 15, 16. (Esophageal plexus ; 17, 18, 19, 20, Gastric 

 branches; 21. Hepatic branches ; 24. Glosso-pharyngeal nerve ; 25. Nerve to stylo- 

 pharyngeus muscle; 28. Accessory nerve; 31, 32. Sympathetic trunk, a. Left lobe 

 of thyrepid gland ; b. Trachea ; c. Left lung ; d. Liver ; e. (Esophagus ; /. Stomach ; 

 g. Aortic arch. 



