tenth cranial nerve

noun

Synonym of vagus nerve.

Similar
vagus nervevagusnervus vaguspneumogastricpneumogastric nervewandering nerve
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Meanings

nountenth cranial nerve (plural tenth cranial nerves)

plural tenth cranial nerves

  1. anatomySynonym of vagus nerve.

    Synonyms: vagus nerve

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of vagus nerve.

Similar
vagus nerve

More synonyms by meaning

nouna mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera

Similar
vagusvagus nervenervus vaguspneumogastricpneumogastric nervewandering nerve
Broader
cranial nerve
Also see
nervus vaguspneumogastricpneumogastric nervevagusvagus nervewandering nerve

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Chicago

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