WHIRL-BONE

\wˈɜːlbˈə͡ʊn], \wˈɜːlbˈə‍ʊn], \w_ˈɜː_l_b_ˈəʊ_n]\
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1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
 
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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Hypoglossal Neuropathy

  • twelfth cranial (hypoglossal) nuclei. fascicles are located in medulla, exits via hypoglossal foramen innervates muscles tongue. Lower brain stem diseases, including ischemia MOTOR NEURON affect nuclei fascicles. nerve may also be injured by diseases of the posterior fossa or skull base. Clinical manifestations include unilateral musculature and lingual dysarthria, with deviation tongue towards side weakness upon attempted protrusion.
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