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Definition of Hypoglossal
1. Noun. Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles.
Generic synonyms: Cranial Nerve
Definition of Hypoglossal
1. a. Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue.
Definition of Hypoglossal
1. Adjective. of or pertaining to the area under the tongue ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypoglossal
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hypoglossal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypoglossal
Literary usage of Hypoglossal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1887)
"The author has studied the hypoglossal nuclei in a number of the lower ...
He finds that the hypoglossal roots have no connection with the olivary bodies. ..."
2. 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 ..."
3. 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.
... It emerges from the skull through the hypoglossal canal. ..."
4. Handbook of physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes (1873)
"The function of the hypoglossal is, probably, exclusively motor. ... The effects
of the paralysis of one hypoglossal nerve are, however, not very striking ..."
5. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1862)
"hypoglossal Nerve, Cervical Plexus, and their Branches. the angle of the jaw.
It is at first deeply seated beneath the internal carotid and internal jugular ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1913)
"A CASE OF hypoglossal NUCLEI PARALYSIS By AM MOLL, MB, CM., LM Edin. ...
On stimulating the hypoglossal above and behind the cornu of the hyoid bone, ..."
7. Human Physiology, Statical and Dynamical, Or, The Conditions and Course of by John William Draper (1856)
"The hypoglossal is the motor nerve of the tongue, irritation of it giving rise to
... The hypoglossal causes the muscles of the neck to aid in the movements ..."
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