Found 2 items, similar to pneumogastric.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pneumogastric
pneumogastric
adj 1: of or relating to the vagus nerve [syn:
vagal]
2: of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach
n : 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 nerve,
tenth cranial nerve,
wandering nerve
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pneumogastric
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]