NERVUS HYPOGLOSUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles

Synonyms:

hypoglossal; hypoglossal nerve; nervus hypoglosus; twelfth cranial nerve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("nervus hypoglosus" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

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