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Branches of the vagus nerve include:

Tonsillar branch

Superior laryngeal

Infratrochlear nerve

Lesser petrosal

Deep petrosal nerve

Branches of the vagus nerve are:

Auditory (also known as Arnold’s nerve), gives a meningeal branch
Pharyngeal nerve
Superior laryngeal nerve
Recurrent laryngeal nerve (also known as the inferior laryngeal nerve)
Cardiac branches
Bronchial
Oesophageal
Anterior vagal trunk
Posterior vagal trunk, gives rise to the nerve of Latarjet

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