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Hypoglossal Nerve

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Definition: The 12th cranial nerve. The hypoglossal nerve originates in the hypoglossal nucleus of the medulla and supplies motor innervation to all of the muscles of the tongue except the palatoglossus (which is supplied by the vagus). This nerve also contains proprioceptive afferents from the tongue muscles.  neoplasm    Other names Twelfth Cranial Nerve; Cranial Nerve XII; XIIs, Cranial Nerve; XII, Cranial Nerve; Twelfth Cranial Nerves; Nerves, Twelfth Cranial; Nerves, Hypoglossal; Nerve, Twelfth Cranial; Nerve, Hypoglossal; Nerve XIIs, Cranial; Nerve XII, Cranial; Hypoglossal Nerves; Cranial Nerves, Twelfth; Cranial Nerve, Twelfth; Cranial Nerve XIIs

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