| 释义 |
vagus Anat. and Path.|ˈveɪgəs|
Pl. vagi |ˈveɪdʒaɪ|.
[a. L. vagus wandering, straying.]
The pneumogastric nerve (see pneumogastric a.).
1840E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (1842) 403 The Pneumogastric Nerve (vagus) arises by numerous filaments from the respiratory tract immediately below the glosso-pharyngeal. 1876Trans. Clinical Soc. IX. 96, I endeavoured to compress the right vagus at the angle of the jaw. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 773 Some fibres of the vagus pass to the intestines.
b. attrib. in vagus nerve, etc.
1856Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. II. 119 The Vagus Nerve emerges from the Medulla oblongata immediately below the glosso-pharyngeal. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 228 Atropine paralyses the vagus endings and centre. 1897Ibid. IV. 631 Vagus pneumonia, as it is called, which follows section of the vagi in rabbits. |