pneumogastric nerve

n. See vagus nerve.

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pneumogastric nerve - a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal visceranervus vagus, pneumogastric, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nervecranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem

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pneumogastric nerve

va·gus nerve [CN X]

[TA] a mixed nerve that arises by numerous small roots from the side of the medulla oblongata through the retroolivary groove, between the glossopharyngeal above and the accessory below; it leaves the cranial cavity by the jugular foramen and passes down to supply the pharynx, larynx, trachea, lungs, heart, and gastrointestinal tract as far as the left colic (splenic) flexure. Synonym(s): nervus vagus [CN X] [TA], pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve [CN X], vagus