The hypoglossal canal is a foramen in the occipital bone of the skull. It is hidden medially and superiorly to each occipital condyle. It transmits the...

The nerve arises from the hypoglossal nucleus in the medulla as a number of small rootlets, pass through the hypoglossal canal and down through the neck...

at the anterolateral margins of the foramen magnum and transmits the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII). Also visible in the posterior cranial fossa are depressions...

The hypoglossal nerve plays an important role in controlling movements of the tongue. In 1998, a research team used the size of the hypoglossal canal in...

plexus of hypoglossal canal is a small venous plexus surrounding the hypoglossal nerve (cranial nerve XII) as it passes through the hypoglossal canal.[better source needed]...

sternocleidomastoid muscles in the neck and shoulder. The hypoglossal nerve (XII) exits the skull using the hypoglossal canal in the occipital bone. The cranial nerves...

the base of either condyle the bone is tunnelled by a short canal, the hypoglossal canal. Fracture of an occipital condyle may occur in isolation, or...

the base of either condyle the bone is tunnelled by a short canal, the hypoglossal canal (anterior condyloid foramen). This begins on the cranial surface...

plexus Uterine venous plexus Vaginal venous plexus Venous plexus of hypoglossal canal Vesical venous plexus Drake, Richard; Vogl, A. Wayne; Mitchell, Adam...

inability to shrug, weak head movement. XII Hypoglossal Mainly motor Medulla Located in the hypoglossal canal. Provides motor innervation to the muscles...