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vagus: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
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A nerve that helps control function of the esophagus, voice box (larynx), stomach, intestines, lungs and heart.
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| vagus nerve |
(L. wandering): The tenth cranial nerve. It is the longest of the cranial nerves, primarily sensory but also has visceromotor components. It emerges as a series of 6-8 rootlets along the retro-olivary sulcus of the medulla oblongata im mediately caudal to those of CN IX.
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| vagus nerve |
The nerve in the stomach that controls the making of stomach acid.
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| vagus nerve |
Either of the longest pair of cranial nerves that control the pharynx, larynx, lungs, heart, esophagus, stomach, including thoracic and abdominal viscera.
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