vagus nerve meaning

UK US

vagus nerve (noun): a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera.

Definition of vagus nerve

  1. a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera

    Synonyms: vagus, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve

    Type of: cranial nerve

More about vagus nerve on Wikipedia.