Twelfth Cranial Nerve (Noun)
Meaning
Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The hypoglossal nerve, also known as the twelfth cranial nerve, provides motor control for the muscles of the tongue.
- Damage to the twelfth cranial nerve can lead to difficulty swallowing, chewing, and speaking.
- The twelfth cranial nerve has several functions, with the most notable controlling the extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of the tongue.
- The twelfth cranial nerve exits the skull through the hypoglossal canal and provides motor innervation to the muscles of the tongue.
- The twelfth cranial nerve provides motor control to the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue, excluding the palatoglossus muscle.