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hypoglossal

/hahy-puh-glos-uhl, -glaw-suhl/US // ˌhaɪ pəˈglɒs əl, -ˈglɔ səl //UK // (ˌhaɪpəˈɡlɒsəl) //

舌下肌,舌下腺,舌下,舌下肌腱

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : situated under the tongue.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : hypoglossal nerve.

Examples

  • Just external to the foramen magnum is a small foramen for the exit of the hypoglossal nerve (figs. 44 and 45, XII).

  • In a median longitudinal section of the skull the hypoglossal foramen is seen, and just in front of it a small foramen for a vein.

  • Other cranial nerves, particularly the oculomotor and the hypoglossal, may also be implicated.

  • The vertebral spinal part—the region of the hypoglossal nerves.

  • The motor nerve of the tongue is the ninth pair, the hypoglossal.