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hypoglossal nerve
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001650
Cranial nerve that innervates the muscles of the tongue. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A080184780X http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
hypoglossal nerve
Synonyms
- cranial nerve XII
- hypoglossal XII
- hypoglossal XII nerve
- hypoglossal nerve [XII]
- hypoglossal nerve tree
- nervus hypoglossus [xii]
- twelfth cranial nerve
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Gray794.png
dubious for taxon
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8292
external definition
Cranial nerve that innervates muscles in the tongue. [Bemis_WE, Functional_Anatomy_of_the_Vertebrates:_An_Evolutionary_Perspective, Glossary_G-14, Grande_L, Liem_KF, Third_Edition_(2001)_Orlando_Fla.:_Harcourt_College_Publishers, Walker_WF][VHOG], In amphibians, represents the hypoglossal nerve in amniotes. Innverates mm. geniohyoideus, genioglossus, hyoglossus, rectus cervicis, Nerve which innervates the muscles associated with the tongue including mm geniohyoideus, genioglossus, hyoglossus and rectus cervicis.[AAO]
external ontology notes
we use a broad definition of this cranial nerve that encompasses the amphibian predecessor of true amniote hypoglossal nerves
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
hypoglossal nerve/ root, CN-XII, nervus hypoglossus, nerve XII, nervi hypoglossalis
homology notes
Cranial nerves XI and XII evolved in the common ancestor to amniotes (non-amphibian tetrapods) thus totalling twelve pairs.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0001650
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- cranial nerve and innervates some tongue muscle and extends_fibers_into some hypoglossal nucleus
Subclass of:
- neuron projection bundle
- cranial nerve
- innervates some genioglossus muscle
- extends_fibers_into some hypoglossal nucleus
- innervates some hyoglossus muscle