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Lung vs Pneumogastric - What's the difference?

lung | pneumogastric |

In anatomy|lang=en terms the difference between lung and pneumogastric

is that lung is (anatomy) a biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air while pneumogastric is (anatomy) the pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.

As nouns the difference between lung and pneumogastric

is that lung is (anatomy) a biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air while pneumogastric is (anatomy) the pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.

As an adjective pneumogastric is

(anatomy) of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.

lung

English

(wikipedia lung)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) A biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air.
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    Synonyms

    * (organ) (in the plural) bellows (informal or archaic), (in the plural) lights

    Derived terms

    * aqualung * iron lung * leather-lunged * lungfish * lung flower * lung lichen * lungful * lung sac * lungwort

    pneumogastric

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach
  • (anatomy) vagus (attributive)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.