Noun: wandering nerve
- A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and oesophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
"The wandering nerve plays a crucial role in regulating heart rate and digestion";
- vagus, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve
Derived forms: wandering nerves
Type of: cranial nerve