hypoglossaladj.n.
/hʌɪpə(ʊ)ˈɡlɒsəl//hɪpə(ʊ)ˈɡlɒsəl/ A. adj.
hypoglossal nerve n. the motor nerve of the tongue proceeding from the medulla oblongata and forming the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > specific nerves > [noun] > pairs of cranial nerves > specific cranial nerves
optic sinew?c1425
recurrent nerve1578
optic1615
optic nerve1615
recurrent1615
par vagum1666
fourth nerve1681
accessory nerve1682
chorda tympani1807
abducens1809
hypoglossus1811
pneumogastric1826
pneumogastric nerve1827
hypoglossal nerve1828
facial1834
fifth nerve1836–9
vagus1840
vagal nerve1854
vagus nerve1856
Jacobson's nerve1860
oculomotor1868
trigeminus1875
hypoglossal1876
oculimotor1890
pathetic1890
sixth1899
trigeminal1899
1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 472 The pneumo-gastric nerve is at first placed before the hypoglossal [Fr. le nerf hypoglosse].
1844 W. B. Carpenter Animal Physiol. x. 352 The hypoglossal nerve, which gives motion to the tongue.
B. n.
= hypoglossus n.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > specific nerves > [noun] > pairs of cranial nerves > specific cranial nerves
optic sinew?c1425
recurrent nerve1578
optic1615
optic nerve1615
recurrent1615
par vagum1666
fourth nerve1681
accessory nerve1682
chorda tympani1807
abducens1809
hypoglossus1811
pneumogastric1826
pneumogastric nerve1827
hypoglossal nerve1828
facial1834
fifth nerve1836–9
vagus1840
vagal nerve1854
vagus nerve1856
Jacobson's nerve1860
oculomotor1868
trigeminus1875
hypoglossal1876
oculimotor1890
pathetic1890
sixth1899
trigeminal1899
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. vi. 211 Paralysis of the hypoglossal has also been observed.
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