Glossopharyngeal Nerve

Of cranial nerve.   May also be referred to as nervus glossopharyngeus and ninth cranial nerve.

Sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion.

This concept's ID is @1~29905


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