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Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Peripheral Nerves > Cranial Nerves > Hypoglossal Nerve

Preferred term

Hypoglossal Nerve  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cranial Nerves, Twelfth
  • Cranial Nerve, Twelfth
  • Cranial Nerve XII
  • Cranial Nerve XIIs
  • Hypoglossus, Nervus
  • Nerves, Twelfth Cranial
  • Nerve, Twelfth Cranial
  • Nerve XII
  • Nerve XII, Cranial
  • Nerve XIIs
  • Nerve XIIs, Cranial
  • Nervus Hypoglossus
  • Twelfth Cranial Nerve
  • Twelfth Cranial Nerves
  • XII, Nerve
  • XIIs, Nerve

Note

  • neoplasm = HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)

Scope note

  • The 12th cranial nerve. The hypoglossal nerve originates in the hypoglossal nucleus of the medulla and supplies motor innervation to all of the muscles of the tongue except the palatoglossus (which is supplied by the vagus). This nerve also contains proprioceptive afferents from the tongue muscles.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007002

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