See Also: descending branch of hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
communicating branch of glossopharyngeal nerve with auricular branch of vagus nerve(medicine)
communicating branches of lingual nerve to hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
descending branch(medicine)
loop of hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
nucleus of hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
trigone of hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
descending posterior branch(medicine)
descending anterior branch(medicine)

descending branch of hypoglossal nerve (medicine)


descending branch of hypoglossal nerve -->
superior root of ansa cervicalis


The fibres that arise from the first and second cervical nerves, accompany the hypoglossal nerve, then branch off to meet the inferior root in the ansa cervicalis; they innervate the infrahyoid muscles.

Synonym: descendens hypoglossi, descending branch of hypoglossal nerve, radix superior ansae cervicalis.