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hypoglossal nerve

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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
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

abbreviation
12n [ NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource BIRNLEX : 820 ]

latin term
nervi hypoglossalis [ NeuroNames : 704 ]

latin term
nervus hypoglossus [xii] [ FMA : TA FMA : 50871 ]

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 related synonym

hypoglossal nerve/ root, CN-XII, nervus hypoglossus, nervi hypoglossalis, nerve XII

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