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hypoglossal nucleus

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Nucleus forming a longitudinal cell column in the medulla, close beneath the floor of the 4th ventricle, containing motor neurons that innervate the muscles of the tongue (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 453) [ ]

Term info

Label

hypoglossal nucleus

Synonyms
  • hypoglossal XII nucleus
  • hypoglossal nerve nucleus
  • hypoglossal nucleus
  • nucleus nervi hypoglossi
  • nucleus of hypoglossal nerve
  • twelfth cranial nerve nucleus
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

latin term
nucleus nervi hypoglossi [ FMA : TA FMA : 54505 ]

latin term
nucleus hypoglossalis [ NeuroNames : 757 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Gray694.png

has related synonym

nucleus nervi hypoglossi, nucleus hypoglossalis

id

UBERON:0002871