Hypoglossal(xii)

Nerve system:

Cranial

Description:

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.

Anatomical Info:

This nerve arises from the Spinial Cord.

Nerve innervates these muscles:

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