HyperDic: nervus_vagus

English > 1 sense of the expression *nervus vagus*:
NOUN	body	nervus vagus, vagus, vagus nerve, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve	a 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
Meaning	A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera.
Synonyms	vagus, vagus nerve, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve
Broader	cranial nerve	Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
Spanish	nervio vago, vago