The vagus nerve receives visceral sensory information from the thorax and abdomen, and the accessory nerve is responsible for innervating the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles, neither of which is exclusively in the head.

迷走神经接收来自胸腔和腹部的内脏感觉信息，副神经负责支配胸锁乳突肌和斜方肌，这两种肌肉都不是只在头部。