Pneumogastric nerve Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
wandering nerve; vagus; nervus vagus; pneumogastric; tenth cranial nerve; vagus nerve.
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(Anat.) , one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.