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20 maj 2024 · The hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) is exclusively a motor nerve carrying general somatic efferent fibers (GSE). It innervates all intrinsic and almost all extrinsic muscles of the tongue, as well as one suprahyoid muscle, the geniohyoid muscle.
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10 wrz 2024 · The hypoglossal nerve arises from the hypoglossal nucleus in the medulla oblongata of the brainstem. It then passes laterally across the posterior cranial fossa, within the subarachnoid space. The nerve exits the cranium via the hypoglossal canal of the occipital bone.
The hypoglossal nerve, also known as the twelfth cranial nerve, cranial nerve XII, or simply CN XII, is a cranial nerve that innervates all the extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of the tongue except for the palatoglossus, which is innervated by the vagus nerve.
7 lis 2022 · The hypoglossal nerve is the 12th cranial nerve (CN XII). It is mainly an efferent nerve for the tongue musculature. The nerve originates from the medulla and travels caudally and dorsally to the tongue (see Image.
Key Points. It controls tongue movements of speech, food manipulation, and swallowing. While the hypoglossal nerve controls the tongue’s involuntary activities of swallowing to clear the mouth of saliva, most of the functions it controls are voluntary, meaning that the execution of these activities requires conscious thought.
12 kwi 2019 · Cranial nerve XII is the hypoglossal nerve, a somatic motor nerve so named for its literal translation of “under” and “tongue.” In this article, we discuss the structure and function of the hypoglossal nerve, before describing the clinical relevance of this nerve.
18 cze 2022 · The hypoglossal nerve is the twelfth cranial nerve (CN XII) (TA: nervus hypoglossus or nervus cranialis XII). It arises from the medulla and passes through the hypoglossal canal to the neck, where it travels to the sublingual space to supply somatic motor innervation to all of the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue, with the ...
