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cranial nerve vs vagus nerve

vagus nerve vs cranial nerve

cranial nerve and vagus nerve both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cranial nerve Yes No No No
vagus nerve Yes No No No
As nouns, vagus nerve is a hyponym of cranial nerve; that is, vagus nerve is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cranial nerve:
  • cranial nerve: any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
  • vagus nerve: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
Other hyponyms of cranial nerve include first cranial nerve, nervii olfactorii, olfactory nerve, nervus opticus, optic nerve, optic tract, second cranial nerve, nervus oculomotorius, oculomotor, oculomotor nerve, third cranial nerve, fourth cranial nerve, trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis, fifth cranial nerve, nervus trigeminus, trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus, abducens, abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve, facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve, acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, eighth cranial nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, nervus glossopharyngeus, ninth cranial nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, wandering nerve, accessory nerve, eleventh cranial nerve, nervus accessorius, spinal accessory, hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve.
cranial nerve (noun) vagus nerve (noun)
any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
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