twelfth cranial nerve

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   supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles

   Synonymshypoglossalhypoglossal nervenervus hypoglosus

   Broadercranial nerve

Questions about twelfth cranial nerve

What does twelfth cranial nerve mean?

twelfth cranial nerve means "supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles".

What is another word for twelfth cranial nerve?

Close synonyms include hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.