vagus nerve

English

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

vagus nerve (plural vagus nerves)

(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

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 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)