Crossword clues for hypoglossal
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 nerves.
Wiktionary
a. of or pertaining to the area under the tongue n. (context anatomy English) Any of the nerves under the tongue.
WordNet
n. supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles [syn: hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve]
Wikipedia
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.