Anatomy

Glossopharyngeal Nerve

The 9th cranial nerve. The glossopharyngeal nerve is a mixed motor and sensory nerve; it conveys somatic and autonomic efferents as well as general, special, and visceral afferents. Among the connections are motor fibers to the stylopharyngeus muscle, parasympathetic fibers to the parotid glands, general and taste afferents from the posterior third of the tongue, the nasopharynx, and the palate, and afferents from baroreceptors and CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS of the carotid sinus.

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The 9th cranial nerve. The glossopharyngeal nerve is a mixed motor and sensory nerve; it conveys somatic and autonomic efferents as well as general, special, and visceral afferents. Among the connections are motor fibers to the stylopharyngeus muscle, parasympathetic fibers to the parotid glands, general and taste afferents from the posterior third of the tongue, the nasopharynx, and the palate, and afferents from baroreceptors and CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS of the carotid sinus.

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  • Cranial Nerve IX
  • Ninth Cranial Nerve
  • Cranial Nerve IXs
  • Cranial Nerve, Ninth
  • Cranial Nerves, Ninth
  • Glossopharyngeal Nerves
  • Nerve, Glossopharyngeal
  • Nerve, Ninth Cranial
  • Nerves, Glossopharyngeal
  • Nerves, Ninth Cranial
  • Ninth Cranial Nerves

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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neoplasm = GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)

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  3. A08w.800w.800w.060w.337w
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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Glossopharyngeal Nerve. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005930. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005930
  2. Glossopharyngeal Nerve. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossopharyngeal_nerve
  3. Glossopharyngeal Nerve. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334143