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n. - A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera adj. - Of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach; Of or relating to the vagus nerve.

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  • The tenth pair or pneumogastric is distributed to the vital organs lodged within the body cavities.
  • Two nerves are connected with the heart, the pneumogastric and the sympathetic (secs. 271 and 265).
  • The tenth pair, the pneumogastric, also known as the vagus or wandering nerves, are the longest and most complex of all the cranial nerves.
  • France, and the medical verdict pronounced there about its effects shows that it exercises through the pneumogastric nerve a painful sensation, which has been taken for...
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