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MeSH Heading: Hypoglossal Nerve
Tree Number(s): A08.800.800.120.330
Unique ID: D007002
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007002
Annotation: neoplasm = HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)
Scope Note: The 12th cranial nerve. The hypoglossal nerve originates in the hypoglossal nucleus of the medulla and supplies motor innervation to all of the muscles of the tongue except the palatoglossus (which is supplied by the vagus). This nerve also contains proprioceptive afferents from the tongue muscles.
Entry Term(s): Cranial Nerve XII; Nerve XII; Nervus Hypoglossus; Twelfth Cranial Nerve
NLM Classification #: WL 330
Entry Combination: injuries:Hypoglossal Nerve Injuries
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/13

Entry Combination: injuries:Hypoglossal Nerve Injuries
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0010900
Scope Note: The 12th cranial nerve. The hypoglossal nerve originates in the hypoglossal nucleus of the medulla and supplies motor innervation to all of the muscles of the tongue except the palatoglossus (which is supplied by the vagus). This nerve also contains proprioceptive afferents from the tongue muscles.
Terms: Hypoglossal Nerve Preferred Term
Term UI T020992
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Cranial Nerve XII
Term UI T020994
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Twelfth Cranial Nerve
Term UI T020993
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Nervus Hypoglossus
Term UI T856752
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Nerve XII
Term UI T856753
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

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