Noun: nervus vagus
- A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and oesophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
"Stimulation of the nervus vagus can help control seizures in some patients";
- vagus, vagus nerve, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve
Type of: cranial nerve
Encyclopedia: Nervus vagus