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hypoglossal nerves

hypoglossal nerves is the plural of hypoglossal nerve.

Meaning of hypoglossal nerve

Noun

hypoglossal nerve (plural hypoglossal nerves)

  1. 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.

Questions about hypoglossal nerves

What is hypoglossal nerves the plural of?
Hypoglossal nerves is the plural of hypoglossal nerve.

Words near hypoglossal nerves in the dictionary

  1. hypoglobus
  2. hypoglossal
  3. hypoglossal canal
  4. hypoglossal canals
  5. hypoglossal nerve
  6. hypoglossal nerves
  7. hypoglossal nuclei
  8. hypoglossal nucleus
  9. hypoglossals
  10. hypoglossus
  11. hypoglucosis

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