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pneumogastric

DEFINITIONS OF: pneumogastric

1

adj of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach

adj of or relating to the vagus nerve

Synonyms:
vagal

n a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera

Synonyms:
nervus vagus, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve
Type of:
cranial nerve
any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
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