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Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Peripheral Nervous System » Autonomic Nervous System » Autonomic Pathways » Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Peripheral Nervous System » Autonomic Nervous System » Parasympathetic Nervous System » Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Peripheral Nervous System » Peripheral Nerves » Autonomic Pathways » Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Peripheral Nervous System » Peripheral Nerves » Cranial Nerves » Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Description
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. MeSH
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