Vagus Nerve Definition

vāgəs
noun
Either of the tenth and longest of the cranial nerves, passing through the neck and thorax into the abdomen and supplying sensation to part of the ear, the tongue, the larynx, and the pharynx, motor impulses to the vocal cords, and motor and secretory impulses to the abdominal and thoracic viscera.
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Synonyms:
  • wandering nerve
  • tenth cranial nerve
  • pneumogastric nerve
  • pneumogastric
  • nervus vagus
  • vagus

Other Word Forms of Vagus Nerve

Noun

Singular:
vagus nerve
Plural:
vagus-nerves

Origin of Vagus Nerve

  • New Latin (nervus) vagus wandering (nerve) from Latin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vagus Nerve Sentence Examples

  • The terminals of the vagus nerve are also stimulated, causing the heart to beat more slowly.

  • Professor Schafer recommended the use of atropine prior to the administration of a general anaesthetic, in cases where the action of the vagus nerve upon the heart is to be dreaded; and there is little doubt of the value of this precaution, which has no attendant disadvantages, in all such cases.

  • The nature of this is not very easy to analyse, but as mental depression is closely associated with irritation of the vagus nerve and weakening of the circulation, it seems not at all unlikely that mountain air acts by accelerating the pulse and quickening the circulation, and thus creating a sense of well-being.

  • The vagus nerve is used to slow down the heart.

  • He also has a vagus nerve stimulator implant that he thought might be affected by any radiation from a computer.

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