See Also: nucleus nervi hypoglossi(medicine)
trigonum nervi hypoglossi(medicine)
rami linguales nervi hypoglossi(medicine)
vena comitans nervi hypoglossi(medicine)
nucleus nervi oculomotorii(medicine)
nucleus nervi trochlearis(medicine)
nucleus nervi abducentis(medicine)
nucleus nervi facialis(medicine)
nucleus motorius nervi trigemini(medicine)
pontis nervi trigeminalis nucleus(medicine)

sharpling (iou) and nucleus nervi hypoglossi (medicine)


sharpling (iou)



sharpling noun. Now dial. LME.
[from SHARP adjective + -LING1.]
A kind of nail. LME-M16.
A stickleback. M16.

nucleus nervi hypoglossi (medicine)


nucleus nervi hypoglossi -->
hypoglossal nucleus


The motor nucleus innervating the intrinsic and four of the five extrinsic muscles of the tongue; it is located in the medulla oblongata near the midline, immediately beneath the floor of the inferior recess of the rhomboid fossa.

Synonym: nucleus nervi hypoglossi, nucleus of hypoglossal nerve.