Definition of couth. good or someone that is cool. In contrast to uncouth: bad or someone that is stupid.His ass is so couth!
Chapter 7 - Lower cranial nerve function. The lower cranial nerves are involved in pharyngeal and laryngeal function as well as in movements of the neck and tongue. Damage usually manifests as problems with speech and swallowing. These nerves arise from the medulla and, in the case of the accessory nerve (CN XI), the spinal cord. These nerves are commonly affected by conditions damaging the medulla, but bilateral damage to corticobulbar connections can create motor problems that affect tongue and pharynx movement and speech.
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. The nerve controls actions that are both automatic and voluntary. Voluntary control pathways occur in the corticobulbar region in the spinal cord.