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vagus

/'veɪɡəs/

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noun
a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
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nervus vagus pneumogastric pneumogastric nerve tenth cranial nerve vagus nerve wandering nerve

type of:
cranial nerve

Definition that contains vagus

vagal of or relating to the vagus nerve
gustatory cell an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve
taste cell an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve
pneumogastric of or relating to the vagus nerve