hypoglossal, a.
(hɪpəʊ-, haɪpəʊˈglɒsəl)
[f. mod.L. hypogloss-us + -al1.]
hypoglossal nerve, the motor nerve of the tongue proceeding from the medulla oblongata and forming the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves. Also absol. = hypoglossus.
| 1831 R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 475 The pneumo-gastric nerve is at first placed before the hypoglossal. 1848 Carpenter Anim. Phys. x. (1872) 372 The hypoglossal nerve which gives motion to the tongue. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 213 Paralysis of the hypoglossal has also been observed. |