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Hypoglossal nerve   Listen
Hypoglossal nerve

noun
1.
Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles.  Synonyms: hypoglossal, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve.






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... implicated by the upward spread of an aneurysm at the bifurcation of the common trunk. In addition to the ordinary signs of aneurysm, the clinical manifestations are chiefly referable to pressure on the pharynx and larynx, and on the hypoglossal nerve. Aneurysm of the internal carotid is of special importance on account of the way in which it bulges into the pharynx in the region of the tonsil, in some cases closely simulating a tonsillar abscess. Cases are on record in which such an aneurysm ...
— Manual of Surgery - Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. • Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles



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