Preferred Name |
hypoglossal nerve |
Synonyms |
12n nerve XII twelfth cranial nerve nervus hypoglossus [xii] hypoglossal XII hypoglossal nerve tree nervus hypoglossus hypoglossal nerve [XII] hypoglossal nerve/ root CN-XII cranial nerve XII hypoglossal XII nerve nervi hypoglossalis |
Definitions |
Cranial nerve that innervates the muscles of the tongue. |
ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001650 |
database_cross_reference |
MESH:D007002 BAMS:12n BTO:0003386 EHDAA:2859 BAMS:XIIn SCTID:362471008 MBA:813 GAID:828 EMAPA:17269 Wikipedia:Hypoglossal_nerve VHOG:0000693 NCIT:C12732 BAMS:nXII HBA:9343 EHDAA2:0000798 AAO:0010477 UMLS:C0020614 FMA:50871 MA:0001094 BIRNLEX:820 XAO:0004215 neuronames:704 |
definition |
Cranial nerve that innervates the muscles of the tongue. |
depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Gray794.png |
extends_fibers_into | |
has_broad_synonym |
12n |
has_exact_synonym |
twelfth cranial nerve nervus hypoglossus [xii] hypoglossal XII hypoglossal nerve tree hypoglossal nerve [XII] cranial nerve XII hypoglossal XII nerve |
has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
has_related_synonym |
nerve XII nervus hypoglossus hypoglossal nerve/ root CN-XII nervi hypoglossalis |
id |
UBERON:0001650 |
in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
innervates | |
label |
hypoglossal nerve |
notation |
UBERON:0001650 |
only in taxon | |
prefLabel |
hypoglossal nerve |
RO_0002174 | |
RO_0002175 | |
UBPROP_0000001 |
Nerve which innervates the muscles associated with the tongue including mm geniohyoideus, genioglossus, hyoglossus and rectus cervicis.[AAO] In amphibians, represents the hypoglossal nerve in amniotes. Innverates mm. geniohyoideus, genioglossus, hyoglossus, rectus cervicis Cranial nerve that innervates muscles in the tongue. [Bemis_WE, Functional_Anatomy_of_the_Vertebrates:_An_Evolutionary_Perspective, Glossary_G-14, Grande_L, Liem_KF, Third_Edition_(2001)_Orlando_Fla.:_Harcourt_College_Publishers, Walker_WF][VHOG] |
UBPROP_0000003 |
Cranial nerves XI and XII evolved in the common ancestor to amniotes (non-amphibian tetrapods) thus totalling twelve pairs.[well established][VHOG] |
UBPROP_0000012 |
we use a broad definition of this cranial nerve that encompasses the amphibian predecessor of true amniote hypoglossal nerves |
subClassOf |