DESCENDENS HYPOGLOSSI
\dɪsˈɛndənz hˌa͡ɪpə͡ʊɡlˈɒsi], \dɪsˈɛndənz hˌaɪpəʊɡlˈɒsi], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_n_d_ə_n_z h_ˌaɪ_p_əʊ_ɡ_l_ˈɒ_s_i]\
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A branch of the hypoglossal nerve given off at the point where it curves around the occipital artery, which passes down obliquely across the sheath of the carotid vessels to form a loop just below the middle of the neck with branches of the second and third cervical nerves. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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