Vagus

[veigәs]

(noun.) a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera.

Checker: Rene--From WordNet

(a.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.

(n.) The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.

Checker: Noelle

n. the tenth cranial nerve or wandering nerve the longest and most widely extended of the nerves of the brain:—pl. Vā′gī.

Editor: Vanessa