vagus nerve

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

Sinònims

nervus vagus

pneumogastric nerve

tenth cranial nerve

wandering nerve

Etimologia (Anglès)

Partial calque of New Latin nervus vagus (literally “wandering nerve”).

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