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twelfth cranial nerve
DEFINITIONS OF:
twelfth cranial nerve
1
n
supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
Synonyms:
hypoglossal
,
hypoglossal nerve
,
nervus hypoglosus
Type of:
cranial nerve
any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
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