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Cranial Nerve III - Oculomotor Nerve Page 1 of 3

Intracranial Course

CN XII emerges from the brainstem as a series of rootlets which converge to form the hypoglossal nerve.

The nerve exits the cranium via the hypoglossal foramen in the posterior cranial fossa:



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Last revised: March 22, 1998