tenth cranial nerve

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Noun1.tenth cranial nerve - a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal visceratenth cranial nerve - a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve
cranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
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The assessment of lower cranial nerve functioning, particularly of the tenth cranial nerve, may involve formal direct laryngoscopic examination.
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