vagus nerve
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vagus nerve
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Partial calque of New Latin nervus vagus (literally “wandering nerve”).
noun vagus nerves · vagus
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Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.
Similar: nervus vagus, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve
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noun tenth cranial nerve
| Español | nervio vago |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 미주신경 mijusin'gyeong |
| 日本語 | 迷走神経 meisōshinkei |
| 中文 | 迷走神經 /迷走神经 mízǒu shénjīng |
| Português | nervo vago |
| Français | nerf vague |
| Deutsch | Vagusnerv, Nervus vagus, Vagus |
| Italiano | nervo vago |
| Ελληνικά | πνευμονογαστρικό νεύρο pnevmonogastrikó névro |
| Română | nerv vag |
| Русский | блужда́ющий нерв bluždájuščij nerv |
| Tiếng Việt | thần kinh lang thang |
| العربية | عَصَب مُبْهَم ʕaṣab mubham |
| עברית | הֶעָצָב הַתּוֹעֶה he-atsav ha-to'eh, ואגוּס vagus |
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title = {vagus nerve},
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