the tenth cranial nerve, which supplies the heart, lungs, and viscera
Word origin
C19: from Latin vagus wandering
Examples of 'vagi' in a sentence
vagi
Electrical stimulation of the vagi in vitro elicited stimulus dependent tracheal and esophageal contractions and tracheal relaxations.
Alice eMcGovern, Stuart eMazzone 2010, 'Characterization of the vagal motor neurons projecting to the guinea pig airways andesophagus', Frontiers in Neurologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2010.00153/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Electrical stimulation of the vagi in vitro elicited stimulus dependent tracheal andesophageal contractions and tracheal relaxations.
Alice eMcGovern, Stuart eMazzone 2010, 'Characterization of the vagal motor neurons projecting to the guinea pig airways andesophagus', Frontiers in Neurologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2010.00153/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)