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Definition of Pneumogastric nerve

1. Noun. A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera.

Medical Definition of Pneumogastric nerve

1. The vagus nerve enervates the gut (gastrointestinal tract), heart and larynx. Lesions of the tenth nerve usually result in a horse voice, but may also cause difficulty in swallowing or talking. Synonym: cranial nerve X. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Pneumogastric nerve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"One of the most important tests is the feeble galvanic current, rives the well-known metallic taste. pneumogastric nerve (Nervus vagus) Tie tenth nerve has ..."

2. Handbook of physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes (1873)
"The pneumogastric nerve, nervus vagus, or par vagum (Fig. ... The parts supplied by the branches of the pneumogastric nerve are as follows : By its ..."

3. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1864)
"... where it is provided with a longitudinal ganglionic swelling, the " ganglion of the pneumogastric nerve." Immediately below the level of this ganglion ..."

4. A Treatise on Human Physiology by John Call Dalton (1861)
"... emerges from the cranium by the jugular foramen, where it is provided with a longitudinal ganglionic swelling, the "ganglion of the pneumogastric nerve. ..."

5. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders, John Herr Musser (1907)
"The ninth cranial nerve has its origin in the posterior part of the floor of the fourth ventricle, in close relation with the pneumogastric nerve. ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"One of the most important tests is the feeble galvanic current, rives the well-known metallic taste. pneumogastric nerve (Nervus vagus) Tie tenth nerve has ..."

7. Handbook of physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes (1873)
"The pneumogastric nerve, nervus vagus, or par vagum (Fig. ... The parts supplied by the branches of the pneumogastric nerve are as follows : By its ..."

8. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1864)
"... where it is provided with a longitudinal ganglionic swelling, the " ganglion of the pneumogastric nerve." Immediately below the level of this ganglion ..."

9. A Treatise on Human Physiology by John Call Dalton (1861)
"... emerges from the cranium by the jugular foramen, where it is provided with a longitudinal ganglionic swelling, the "ganglion of the pneumogastric nerve. ..."

10. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders, John Herr Musser (1907)
"The ninth cranial nerve has its origin in the posterior part of the floor of the fourth ventricle, in close relation with the pneumogastric nerve. ..."

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