Nucleus forming a longitudinal cell column in the medulla, close beneath the floor of the 4th ventricle, containing motor neurons that innervate the muscles of the tongue (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 453). [ BIRNLEX:2644 ]
Synonyms: hypoglossal XII nucleus hypoglossal nerve nucleus nucleus of hypoglossal nerve hypoglossal nucleus twelfth cranial nerve nucleus
Term information
- EV:0100286
- EMAPA:35416
- EHDAA2:0004635
- FMA:54505
- DHBA:12545
- BIRNLEX:2644
- VHOG:0001358
- MBA:773
- BAMS:12N
- BAMS:12
- BM:XII
- BAMS:XII
- Wikipedia:Hypoglossal_nucleus
- NCIT:C12899
- MA:0001039
- HBA:9557
- SCTID:47361005
- ncithesaurus:Nucleus_of_the_Hypoglossal_Nerve
uberon_slim, pheno_slim