hypoglossal nerve
hypoglossal nerve noun: either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates.
Noun
hypoglossal nerve (plural hypoglossal nerves)
- Either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates.
hypoglossal nerve meaning in Tamil and Telugu
hypoglossal nerve in Tamil
- நாவடி நரம்பு, கீழ்நாக்குநரம்பு, நாவின் கீழ் நரம்பு
hypoglossal nerve in Telugu
- hypoglossal nerve
- అధోజిహ్వనాడి adhōjihvanāḍi
Forms of hypoglossal nerve
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Questions about hypoglossal nerve
- What does hypoglossal nerve mean?
- Hypoglossal nerve means either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates.
- What is hypoglossal nerve in Tamil?
- Hypoglossal nerve in Tamil is நாவடி நரம்பு, கீழ்நாக்குநரம்பு, நாவின் கீழ் நரம்பு. See Hypoglossal nerve meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hypoglossal nerve?
- Hypoglossal nerve is a noun.
- What is the plural of hypoglossal nerve?
- The plural of hypoglossal nerve is hypoglossal nerves.
Words near hypoglossal nerve in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypoglossal nerve (page history and authors); hypoglossal nerve (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అధోజిహ్వనాడి (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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