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The vagus nerve provides a speedy line of information to the brain from the gut, where battles with bacteria and viruses are continually raging. Knowledge of the vagus's role was a mystery until very recently, but we now know that you can learn about your body from your vagus.
The vagus is also called the pneumogastric nerve since it innervates both the lungs and the stomach. The vagus runs posterior to the common carotid artery and internal jugular vein inside the carotid sheath. Both right and left vagus nerves descend from the brain in the carotid sheath, lateral to the carotid artery.