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Definition: Glossopharyngeal Nerve |
Glossopharyngeal NerveNoun1. 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 the otic ganglion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | 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 chemoreceptors of the carotid sinus. (references) |
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The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth of twelve cranial nerves.It receives sensory fibres from the posterior 2/3 of the tongue, the tonsils, the pharynx, the middle ear and the carotid body.
It supplies parasympathetic fibres to the parotid gland via the otic ganglion.
It also supplies motor fibres to stylopharngeus muscle and the upper pharyngeal muscles.
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Synonyms: Glossopharyngeal NerveSynonyms: nervus glossopharyngeus (n), ninth cranial nerve (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Glossopharyngeal Nerve |
| English words defined with "glossopharyngeal nerve": gustatory cell ♦ taste cell. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "glossopharyngeal nerve": Taste Buds. (references) |
Expression using "glossopharyngeal nerve": Glossopharyngeal Nerve Diseases. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "glossopharyngeal nerve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | nervus glosso-pharyngicus, nervus glosso-pharyngeus. (various references) | |
Dutch | tongkeelzenuw, nervus glossopharyngeus. (various references) | |
French | nerf glosso-pharyngien, nerf glossopharyngien. (various references) | |
German | Glossopharyngeus, Par nonum nervorum encephali, Nervus glossopharyngicus, Nervus glossopharyngeus. (various references) | |
Italian | nervo glossafaringeo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ossopharyngealglay ervenay.(various references) | |
Spanish | nervio glosofaríngeo. (various references) | |
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-5 letters: glossopharyngeal. | |
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