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Encyclopedia: Vagus nerve

The medieval Latin word vagus means literally "Wandering" (the words vagrant, vagabond, and vague come from the same root). It is also called the pneumogastric nerve since it innervates both the lungs and the stomach.

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How to say "Vagus nerve" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	迷走神经
	(Japanese)	迷走神経
	(German)	Nervus vagus
	(Spanish)	Nervio vago
	(French)	Nerf vague
	(Italian)	Nervo vago

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Sinoatrial node

vagus nerve causes decrease in the SA node rate (thereby causing decrease in the heart rate...

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Otto Loewi

: one with the vagus nerve which controls heartrate attached, the other heart on its own. Both hearts were bathed in a saline solution (i.e. Ringer's solution). By electrically stimulating the vagus nerve... faster, proving that some soluable chemical released by the vagus nerve was controlling the...

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Accessory nerve

muscles around neck), and a cranial part, that splits off, and quickly combines with the vagus nerve. The cranial part of nerve XI can be thought of doing the exact same things as the vagus. Nuclei of the... The accessory nerve is the eleventh of twelve cranial nerves. It leaves the cranium through the...

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Gustatory system

sense of taste is conveyed via three of the twelve cranial nerves. The facial nerve (VII) carries taste sensations from the anterior two thirds of the tongue, the glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) carries taste sensations from the posterior one third of the tongue while a branch of the vagus nerve (X...

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Gastrectomy

disease is accompanied by a vagotomy, where the vagus nerve is cut to reduce acid production in the...

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Gastric acid

several hormones. The parasympathetic nervous system, via the vagus nerve, and the hormone gastrin...

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Glossopharyngeal nerve

The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth of twelve cranial nerves. It exits the brainstem out from the sides of the upper medulla, just rostral (closer to the nose) to the vagus nerve. There are a number of functions of the glossopharyngeal nerve: It receives sensory fibres from the posterior 2/3...

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Larynx

protect the lungs. Sensation is transferred by the superior laryngeal nerve (glottis and supraglottis) and the recurrent laryngeal nerve (subglottis and muscles), both branches of the vagus nerve. Sound...

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Medulla oblongata

, there is a slight bulge just behind the pyramids called the olive . Cranial nerve XII (the hypoglossal nerve) emerges between these two structures. Cranial nerves IX and X (glossopharyngeal and vagus... anterior to the cerebellum. It controls autonomic functions and relays nerve signals between the brain and...

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Atropine

electrical activity (PEA) in cardiac arrest. This works because the main action of the vagus nerve... weapons such as nerve gases. Troops who are likely to be attacked with chemical weapons often carry... acetylcholine receptors; acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter which transmits information from nerve cells to...

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