vagus nerve

English

Alternative forms

• vagus (ellipsis)

Etymology

Partial translation of New Latin nervus vagus (“wandering nerve”).

Noun

vagus nerve (plural vagus nerves)

1. (neuroanatomy) 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.

   Synonyms: nervus vagus, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve

   Coordinate terms: olfactory nerve, optic nerve, oculomotor nerve, trochlear nerve, trigeminal nerve, abducens nerve, facial nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, accessory nerve, hypoglossal nerve

Related terms

• pneumogastric

Translations

tenth cranial nerve

• Azerbaijani: azan sinir
• Catalan: nervi vague, nervi pneumogàstric
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 迷走神經／迷走神经 (mai⁴ zau² san⁴ ging¹)

  Mandarin: 迷走神經／迷走神经 (zh) (mízǒu shénjīng)

• Czech: bloudivý nerv m
• Esperanto: vago (eo), vaga nervo
• Finnish: kiertäjähermo, vagushermo (fi)
• French: nerf vague (fr) m
• German: Vagusnerv (de) m, Nervus vagus (de) m, Vagus m
• Greek: πνευμονογαστρικό νεύρο (el) n (pnevmonogastrikó névro)
• Hungarian: bolygóideg (hu)
• Japanese: 迷走神経 (めいそうしんけい, meisōshinkei)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: demarê pîşî-ûrî

• Latin: nervus vagus m
• Polish: nerw błędny m
• Romanian: nerv vag (ro) m
• Russian: блуждающий нерв m (bluždajuščij nerv)
• Spanish: nervio vago (es) m
• Tamil: நரம்பு (ta) (narampu)
• Thai: ประสาทเวกัส, ประสาทสมองเส้นที่ ๑๐
• Vietnamese: thần kinh lang thang (神經浪蕩)

References

• “vagus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “vagus nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.