HyperDic: hypoglossal_nerve

English > 1 sense of the expression *hypoglossal nerve*:
NOUN	body	hypoglossal nerve, hypoglossal, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve	supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles

English > *hypoglossal nerve*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles.
Synonyms	hypoglossal, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve
Broader	cranial nerve	Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
Spanish	nervio hipogloso, nervus hypoglosus
Catalan	nervus hypoglosus