'Pneumogastric nerve' definitions:
Definition of 'pneumogastric nerve'
(from WordNet)
noun
A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera [syn: vagus, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve]
Definition of 'Pneumogastric nerve'
From: GCIDE
- Pneumogastric \Pneu`mo*gas"tric\, a. [Pneumo- + gastric.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. -- n. The pneumogastric nerve. [1913 Webster]
- Pneumogastric nerve (Anat.), one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body. [1913 Webster]