vagi in English

noun
1
each of the tenth pair of cranial nerves, supplying the heart, lungs, upper digestive tract, and other organs of the chest and abdomen.
The smooth muscle portion of the esophagus is innervated by neurons within the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus .

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1. They and associated trigeminal neurons would comprise the reflex's afferent arm. The vagi, perhaps with intermediaries, are its likely efferent arm.

2. Carina urethra´lis vagi´nae the column of rugae in the lower anterior wall of the vagina, immediately below the urethra

3. Stimulation of one or both vagi at 5 or 15 Hz or field stimulation of intrinsic duodenal nerves produced Significant increases in duodenal vein IR motilin concentrations and accompanying increases in duodenal motility.

4. A ridgelike structure. Carina tra´cheae a downward and backward projection of the lowest tracheal cartilage, forming a ridge between the openings of the right and left principal bronchi. Carina urethra´lis vagi´nae the column of rugae in the lower anterior wall of the vagina, immediately below the urethra.