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vagus nerve

DEFINITIONS OF: vagus nerve

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