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Pneumogastric

noun
1.
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.
adjective
1.
Of or relating to the vagus nerve.  Synonym: vagal.
2.
Of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach.



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"Pneumogastric" Quotes from Famous Books



... causes for this distressing complaint. Generally the cause is to be found in the stomach. Something that has no right there is in that organ, and irritating the pneumogastric nerve that connects the stomach with the brain. It is a ...
— The Royal Road to Health • Chas. A. Tyrrell
... tenth pair (vagus, or pneumogastric, nerves; nerves of feeling and of muscular control; afferent and efferent) connect with the heart, larynx, lungs, and stomach. They have the widest distribution of ...
— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M.


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