hypoglossal nerve in English
noun
1
each of the twelfth pair of cranial nerves, supplying the muscles of the tongue.
Descendens hypoglossi may be carried partly or completely by the vagus nerve instead of the hypoglossal nerve .
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1. This is a report of a very rare complication of lingual and hypoglossal nerve damage in an acromegalic patient.
2. A satisfactory long term result was obtained in 19 out of 25 cases of facial paralysis, consequent upon complete removal of an acoustic neurinoma, by anastomosis of the facial nerve, in 24 cases with the spinal accessory and in 1 case with the hypoglossal nerve.