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vagus nerves

vagus nerves is the plural of vagus nerve.

Meaning of vagus nerve

Noun

vagus nerve (plural vagus nerves)

  1. Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.

Questions about vagus nerves

What is vagus nerves the plural of?
Vagus nerves is the plural of vagus nerve.

Words near vagus nerves in the dictionary

  1. vaguity
  2. vagulate
  3. vagulous
  4. vagus
  5. vagus nerve
  6. vagus nerves
  7. vah
  8. Vahag
  9. Vahagn
  10. Vahakn
  11. Vahan

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