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pneumogastric nerve
noun
Anatomy.
- the vagus nerve.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pneumogastric nerve1
First recorded in 1825–35
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Physiologists, as we said just now, supposed that the filaments of the pneumogastric nerves distributed to the heart caused its beating.
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It may be due to gastric catarrh, or more frequently to irritation of the pneumogastric nerve.
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When asked the origin of the all-important pneumogastric nerve, he thought it originated in a certain segment of the spinal cord!
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Weber found that the pneumogastric nerve stopped the heart's action.
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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.
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