vagusn.
/ˈveɪɡəs/, U.S. /ˈveɪɡəs/ Anatomy and Pathology.
a. The pneumogastric nerve (see pneumogastric n.).
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optic sinew?c1425
recurrent nerve1578
optic1615
optic nerve1615
recurrent1615
par vagum1666
fourth nerve1681
accessory nerve1682
chorda tympani1807
abducens1809
hypoglossus1811
pneumogastric1826
pneumogastric nerve1827
hypoglossal nerve1828
facial1834
fifth nerve1836–9
vagus1840
vagal nerve1854
vagus nerve1856
Jacobson's nerve1860
oculomotor1868
trigeminus1875
hypoglossal1876
oculimotor1890
pathetic1890
sixth1899
trigeminal1899
1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (1842) 403 The Pneumogastric Nerve (vagus) arises by numerous filaments from the respiratory tract immediately below the glosso-pharyngeal.
1876 Trans. Clin. Soc. 9 96 I endeavoured to compress the right vagus at the angle of the jaw.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 773 Some fibres of the vagus pass to the intestines.
b. attributive in vagus nerve, etc.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > specific nerves > [noun] > pairs of cranial nerves > specific cranial nerves
optic sinew?c1425
recurrent nerve1578
optic1615
optic nerve1615
recurrent1615
par vagum1666
fourth nerve1681
accessory nerve1682
chorda tympani1807
abducens1809
hypoglossus1811
pneumogastric1826
pneumogastric nerve1827
hypoglossal nerve1828
facial1834
fifth nerve1836–9
vagus1840
vagal nerve1854
vagus nerve1856
Jacobson's nerve1860
oculomotor1868
trigeminus1875
hypoglossal1876
oculimotor1890
pathetic1890
sixth1899
trigeminal1899
1856 R. B. Todd & W. Bowman Physiol. Anat. II. 119 The Vagus Nerve emerges from the Medulla oblongata immediately below the glosso-pharyngeal.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 228 Atropine paralyses the vagus endings and centre.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 631 Vagus pneumonia, as it is called, which follows section of the vagi in rabbits.
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