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Hypoglossal   Listen
noun
Hypoglossal  n.  (Anat.) One of the hypoglossal nerves.



adjective
Hypoglossal  adj.  (Anat.) Under the tongue; applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue.






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"Hypoglossal" Quotes from Famous Books



... carotid artery. Above the point F, is seen the glosso-pharyngeal nerve; below F, is seen the hypoglossal nerve. ...
— Surgical Anatomy • Joseph Maclise

... muscles, that he studied particularly the glands, and that he discovered those of the mesentery. He fixed the number of nerves at seven; he observed the palatine nerves, which he rated as the fourth pair; and described as the fifth the auditory and facial, which he regards as one pair, and the hypoglossal as ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia



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