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hypoglossal nerve

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hypoglossal nerve
n.
Either of the 12th pair of cranial nerves that innervate the muscles of the tongue.
hypoglossal nerve
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the twelfth cranial nerve, which supplies the muscles of the tongue
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Noun1.hypoglossal nervehypoglossal nerve - supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
hypoglossal, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve
cranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem


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