Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Pneumogastric   Listen
Pneumogastric

noun
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: nervus vagus, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve.
adjective
1.
Of or relating to the vagus nerve.  Synonym: vagal.
2.
Of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach.



Related search:
pneumogastric nerve


WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Pneumogastric" Quotes from Famous Books



... or pneumogastric, nerves; nerves of feeling and of muscular control; afferent and efferent) connect with the heart, larynx, lungs, and stomach. They have the widest distribution of any of ...
— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M.


Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com