Pharyngeal branches of glossopharyngeal nerve

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Pharyngeal branches of glossopharyngeal nerve
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From glossopharyngeal nerve
To pharyngeal plexus
Identifiers
Latin rami pharyngei nervi glossopharyngei
TA98 A14.2.01.144
A14.2.01.169
TA2 6329
FMA 53486
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The pharyngeal branches of the glossopharyngeal nerve are three or four filaments which unite, opposite the constrictor pharyngis medius, with the pharyngeal branches of the vagus and sympathetic, to form the pharyngeal plexus.

Branches from this plexus perforate the muscular coat of the pharynx and supply its muscles and mucous membrane.

References

PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 909 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)