Medical Definition of Loop of hypoglossal nerve

1. A loop in the cervical plexus consisting of fibres from the first three cervical nerves. Fibres from a loop between the C-1 and C-2 spinal nerves accompany the hypoglossal nerve for a short distance, leaving it as the superior root of the ansa cervicalis. Fibres from a loop between the C-2 and C-3 spinal nerves form the inferior root of the ansa cervicalis. Most commonly, the roots merge, forming the ansa cervicalis, which gives rise to branches innervating infrahyoid muscles. Synonym: cervical loop, loop of hypoglossal nerve. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loop Of Hypoglossal Nerve

loony tune
loony tunes
loony van
loop
loop-line
loop-the-loop
loop bioreactors
loop diuretic
loop electrocautery excision procedure
loop excision
loop gain
loop invariant
loop knot
loop of Henle
loop of henle
loop of hypoglossal nerve (current term)
loop quantum gravity
loop ratio
loop ratios
loop resection
loop the loop
loop topology
loop transfer function
loop transfer functions
loopable
loopback
loopbacks
looped
looper
loopers

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