- hypoglossal nerve
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Anat.either one of the twelfth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the tongue.[1840-50]
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Hypoglossal nerve — Infobox Nerve Name = Hypoglossal nerve Latin = nervus hypoglossus GraySubject = 207 GrayPage = 914 Caption = Hypoglossal nerve, cervical plexus, and their branches. Caption2 = Innervates = genioglossus, hyoglossus, styloglossus BranchFrom =… … Wikipedia
Hypoglossal nerve — The hypoglossal nerve is the twelfth cranial nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the hypoglossal nerve included, emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. The hypoglossal… … Medical dictionary
hypoglossal nerve — noun supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles • Syn: ↑hypoglossal, ↑nervus hypoglosus, ↑twelfth cranial nerve • Hypernyms: ↑cranial nerve … Useful english dictionary
hypoglossal nerve — noun Date: 1831 either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates called also hypoglossal … New Collegiate Dictionary
hypoglossal nerve — the twelfth cranial nerve (XII), which supplies the muscles of the tongue and is therefore responsible for the movements of talking and swallowing … The new mediacal dictionary
hypoglossal nerve — hy′poglos′sal nerve′ n. anat. either one of the twelfth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the tongue • Etymology: 1840–50 … From formal English to slang
hypoglossal nerve — /haɪpəˌglɒsəl ˈnɜv/ (say huypuh.glosuhl nerv) noun either of the last pair of cranial nerves which gives rise to the movements of the tongue; twelfth cranial nerve …
Lingual branches of hypoglossal nerve — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = rami linguales nervi hypoglossi GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Hypoglossal nerve, cervical plexus, and their branches. Caption2 = Plan of hypoglossal nerve. Innervates = BranchFrom = hypoglossal nerve… … Wikipedia
hypoglossal nerve descending — radix superior ansae cervicalis … Medical dictionary
hypoglossal nucleus — n a nucleus in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain that is the origin of the hypoglossal nerve * * * nucleus of hypoglossal nerve n. nervi hypoglossi … Medical dictionary
