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Pneumogastric

Pneumogastric Meaning & Definition
Pneumogastric Definition And Meaning

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

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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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