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vagus
heart
larynx
pneumogastric
abdomen
vasovagal
vagotomy
vagovagal
brainstem
cranial nerve
vagotonia
vagal
vagoaccessory
vagomimetic
tongue
cardiovagal
gut
vagosympathetic
lung
sympathovagal
Definitions:
Noun
vagus
vagus nerve
nervus vagus
pneumogastric
pneumogastric nerve
tenth cranial nerve
wandering nerve
Definition: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
Definition: Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.