In 1862 English explorer John Hanning Speke journeyed from Africaâs east coast to find what he considered to be the source, where the river exits Lake Victoria in present-day Uganda.
Nerve Pain. Common types of nerve pain you may experience in the mouth can come from your taste and sensory nerves (burning mouth syndrome), inferior alveolar nerve located in the lower jaw, skin of the chin and lower lip, or in your lingual nerve, which descends to the tongue and under the mucous membrane of the mouth.erve Pain. Common types of nerve pain you may experience in the mouth can come from your taste and sensory nerves (burning mouth syndrome), inferior alveolar nerve located in the lower jaw, skin of the chin and lower lip, or in your lingual nerve, which descends to the tongue and under the mucous membrane of the mouth.
The path of the nerve starts in the hypoglossal nucleus of the brainstem, which is located near the midline of the medulla oblongata, and then travels between the carotid artery and jugular vein to end up on the underside of the tongue. If there are problems with the hypoglossal nerve, the tongue may become paralyzed. To test the nerveâs function, a patient would be asked to stick out their tongue. If paralysis were present, the tongue would point in the direction of the affected side. Another test monitors the strength of the tongue by having the patient press their tongue against the side of their cheek.