tenth cranial nerve

Noun

1.

tenth cranial nerve - a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera Synonyms: nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve

cranial nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve