See Also: nucleus of hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
communicating branches of lingual nerve to hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
hypoglossal nucleus(medicine)
hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
loop of hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
trigone of hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
accompanying vein of hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
descending branch of hypoglossal nerve(medicine)
nucleus of oculomotor nerve(medicine)
nucleus of trochlear nerve(medicine)

nucleus of hypoglossal nerve (medicine)


nucleus of hypoglossal nerve -->
hypoglossal nucleus


The motor nucleus innervating the intrinsic and four of the five extrinsic muscles of the tongue; it is located in the medulla oblongata near the midline, immediately beneath the floor of the inferior recess of the rhomboid fossa.

Synonym: nucleus nervi hypoglossi, nucleus of hypoglossal nerve.