Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    подъязычный нервpodʺjazyčnyj nerv

    під'язиковий нервpidʺjazykovyj nerv

More definitions
  • supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles

Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the 12th cranial nerve:
Русский
By meaning 1
the 12th cranial nerve:

Forms

plural: hypoglossal nerves

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

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