English Explanatory Dictionary

hypoglossal nerve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

hypoglossal nerve hypoglossal nerves
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