Preferred Label : hypoglossal nerve;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : nerve, hypoglossal; nerve xiis, cranial; twelfth cranial nerves; nerve xii, cranial; nerves, twelfth cranial; cranial nerves, twelfth; hypoglossal nerves; nerves, hypoglossal; twelfth cranial nerve; cranial nerve, twelfth; nerve, twelfth cranial; cranial nerve xii; cranial nerve xiis; Nerve XII; Nerve XIIs; XII, Nerve; XIIs, Nerve; Nervus Hypoglossus; Hypoglossus, Nervus;
CISMeF synonym : xiis, cranial nerve; xii, cranial nerve;
MeSH annotation : neoplasm HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASES (IM) CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) histological
type of neoplasm (IM);
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglossal nerve;
Origin ID : D007002;
UMLS CUI : C0020614;
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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.
