Synonyms for hypoglossal nerve
- noun
Most common
twelfth cranial nerve hypoglossal
Definitions
- n. 1
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.
Related words
- Other spellings
- hypoglossus
By length
- 11 letters
- hypoglossal