About The Word Pneumogastric
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Pneumogastric
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What's The Definition Of Pneumogastric?
[n] a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
[adj] of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach [adj] (neurology) of or relating to the vagus nerve Synonyms | Synonyms for Pneumogastric: nervus vagus | pneumogastric nerve | tenth cranial nerve | vagal | vagus | vagus nerve | wandering nerve Related Terms | Find terms related to Pneumogastric: See Also | cranial nerve Pneumogastric In Webster's Dictionary \Pneu`mo*gas"tric\, a. [Pneumo- + gastric.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. -- n. The
pneumogastric nerve.
{Pneumogastric nerve} (Anat.), one of the tenth pair of
cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx,
esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and
spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial
apparatus and also to the sides of the body.
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