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Vagus Nerve

see synonyms of vagus nerve

Noun

1. nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, vagus 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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Vagus Nerve

see synonyms of vagus nerve
noun plural -gi (-dʒaɪ)
the tenth cranial nerve, which supplies the heart, lungs, and viscera

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Vagus Nerve

see synonyms of vagus nerve
nounWord forms: plural ˈvaˌgi (ˈveɪˌdʒaɪ ; vāˈjīˌ)
either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves, arising in the medulla oblongata and providing parasympathetic innervation to the larynx, lungs, heart, esophagus, and most of the abdominal organs
: also vagus nerve

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Vagus Nerve

see synonyms of vagus nerve
n.
Either of the tenth and longest of the cranial nerves, passing through the neck and thorax into the abdomen and supplying sensation to part of the ear, the tongue, the larynx, and the pharynx, motor impulses to the vocal cords, and motor and secretory impulses to the abdominal and thoracic viscera. Also called pneumogastric nerve.

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