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Noun: twelfth cranial nerve
  1. Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
    - hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus

Derived forms: twelfth cranial nerves

Type of: cranial nerve

Encyclopedia: Twelfth cranial nerve