pneumogastric nerve
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pneumogastric nerve
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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It winds up thus, that it may be a germ that irritates the pneumogastric nerve.
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor)
A portion of the medulla presides over the important function of respiration, and from it arises the pneumogastric nerve, so called because its branches serve both the lungs and stomach.
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman
When asked the origin of the all-important pneumogastric nerve, he thought it originated in a certain segment of the spinal cord!
From Quacks and Grafters by Unknown
But, first of all, I should depose That diabolic curve And author of my thousand woes, The pneumogastric nerve!
From Second Book of Verse by Field, Eugene
Their action is, however, controlled by the pneumogastric nerve, through which impulses of an inhibitory nature are constantly traveling and acting as a restraining force.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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