HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE


Meaning of HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1831

: either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates — called also hypoglossal

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.