HyperDic: twelfth_cranial_nerve

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

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