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Definition of Hypoglossal nerve

1. Noun. Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles.

Medical Definition of Hypoglossal nerve

1. The hypoglossal nerve enervates the muscles of the tongue. Lesions of the twelfth cranial nerve result in deviation of the tongue toward the paralysed side and thick speech. Synonym: cranial nerve XII. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Hypoglossal nerve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The Twelfth or hypoglossal nerve is the motor nerve of the tongue. ... I'lan of the hypoglossal nerve. between the vein and artery, and lower down in the ..."

2. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"The twelfth or hypoglossal nerve arises from the ventral side of the medulla (Fig. ... The hypoglossal nerve is involved in the plexus just outside of the ..."

3. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1875)
"The hypoglossal nerve then passes downward, nearly to the level of the hyoid bone, where it curves forward, giving filaments to the ..."

4. Handbook of physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes (1873)
"The effects of the paralysis of one hypoglossal nerve are, however, ... Often, in cases of hemi- plegia involving the functions of the hypoglossal nerve, ..."

5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The lower ganglion of the pneumo-gastric forms connections with the hypoglossal nerve, with the superior cervical ganglion of the sympathetic, ..."

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