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