Question 16 / 22:  Of the following nuclei, which is the source of the preganglionic parasympathetic axons traveling with this cranial nerve?
A.  Inferior salivatory nucleus.
B.  Facial nucleus.
C.  Superior salivatory nucleus.
D.  Nucleus ambiguus.
E.  Dorsal motor nucleus of vagus.
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The nucleus ambiguus provides the motor innervation of all structures derived from the 3rd and 4th branchial arches. Lesions result in dysphagia and dysarthria.

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Ch 04: Spinal Cord General Anatomy & Brain Stem

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Attribution:  Stephen C. Voron, M.D., Suzanne S. Stensaas, Ph.D. , Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/hyperbrain
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