NERVOUS SYSTEM SPECIAL SENSE
PERIPHERAL NERVE
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Question
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What nerve has motor fibers to control tongue movements and send impulses from the tongue?
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Hypoglossal
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Glossopharyngeal
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Accessory
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Optic
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The hypoglossal nerve innervates the muscles of the tongue and is involved in tongue movements during speech, food manipulation, and swallowing.
Detailed explanation-2: -The glossopharyngeal and vagus cranial nerves provide the brainstem with sensory inputs from different receptors in the heart, lung, and vasculature. This afferent information is critical for the short-term regulation of arterial blood pressure and the buffering of emotional and physical stressors.
Detailed explanation-3: -They’re the glossopharyngeal, number nine, the vagus, number ten, the accessory, number eleven, and the hypoglossal, number twelve. These four nerves leave the skull close together.
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