NERVOUS SYSTEM SPECIAL SENSE
PERIPHERAL NERVE
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Hypoglossal
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accessory
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Vagus
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Glossopharyngeal
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Hypoglossal Nerve is the 12th Cranial Nerve (Cranial Nerve 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The hypoglossal nerve provides motor control of the extrinsic muscles of the tongue: genioglossus, hyoglossus, styloglossus, and the intrinsic muscles of the tongue. These represent all muscles of the tongue except the palatoglossus muscle. The hypoglossal nerve is of a general somatic efferent (GSE) type.
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.