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Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles

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hypoglossal

Word definitions for hypoglossal in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hypoglossal \Hyp`o*glos"sal\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. ? the tongue.] (Anat.) 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. -- n. One of the hypoglossal ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. of or pertaining to the area under the tongue n. (context anatomy English) Any of the nerves under the tongue.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles [syn: hypoglossal nerve , nervus hypoglosus , twelfth cranial nerve ]

Usage examples of hypoglossal.

Melony showed a wayward concentration, though she confessed interest in the complexity of the nervous system, specifically the description of the twelfth or hypoglossal nerve, which is the motor nerve of the tongue.

First the cranial nerves: olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, fa­cial, auditory, glossopharyngeal, vagus, spinal, and hypoglossal.