vagus nerve
Noun
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Noun
vagus nerve (plural vagus nerves)
- (anatomy) Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves, which extends from the brainstem down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.
- nervus vagus
- pneumogastric nerve
- tenth cranial nerve
- wandering nerve
- French: nerf vague
- German: Vagusnerv, Nervus vagus, Vagus
- Russian: блуждающий нерв
- Spanish: nervio vago
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