HyperDic: nervus_vagus

English > 1 sense of the expression nervus vagus:
NOUNbodynervus vagus, vagus, vagus nerve, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nervea mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
English > nervus vagus: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera.
Synonymsvagus, vagus nerve, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve
Broadercranial nerveAny of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
Spanishnervio vago, vago

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