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TWELFTH CRANIAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does twelfth cranial nerve mean? 

TWELFTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun TWELFTH CRANIAL NERVE has 1 sense:

1. supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue musclesplay

  Familiarity information: TWELFTH CRANIAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TWELFTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hypoglossal; hypoglossal nerve; nervus hypoglosus; twelfth cranial nerve

Hypernyms ("twelfth cranial nerve" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)


 Context examples 


A disorder characterized by involvement of the hypoglossal nerve (twelfth cranial nerve).

(Hypoglossal Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the hypoglossal nerve (twelfth cranial nerve).

(Hypoglossal Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The twelfth cranial nerve.

(Hypoglossal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)



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