Definition of Nervus glossopharyngeus

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Glossopharyngeal Nerve, Ninth Cranial Nerve
Generic synonyms: Cranial Nerve

Medical Definition of Nervus glossopharyngeus

1. The glossopharyngeal nerve enervates muscles involved in swallowing and taste. Lesions of the ninth nerve result in difficulty swallowing and disturbance of taste. Synonym: cranial nerve IX. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nervus Glossopharyngeus

nervus cutaneus surae lateralis
nervus cutaneus surae medialis
nervus dorsalis scapulae
nervus ethmoidalis anterior
nervus ethmoidalis posterior
nervus facialis
nervus femoralis
nervus fibularis communis
nervus fibularis profundus
nervus fibularis superficialis
nervus frontalis
nervus furcalis
nervus glossopharyngeus (current term)
nervus gluteus inferior
nervus gluteus superior
nervus haemorrhoidalis
nervus hypogastricus
nervus hypoglossus
nervus hypoglosus
nervus iliohypogastricus
nervus impar
nervus infraorbitalis
nervus infratrochlearis
nervus intermedius
nervus interosseus anterior
nervus interosseus cruris

Literary usage of Nervus glossopharyngeus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Brain and Spinal Cord: A Manual for the Study of the Morphology and Fibre by Emil Villiger (1918)
"These connections explain the occurrence of reflex ocular movements in response to auditory impressions (Fig. 169). nervus glossopharyngeus AND VAGUS. • 1. ..."

2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1903)
"nervus glossopharyngeus. The nervus glossopharyngeus (gl) arises from the brain by a single root which has its apparent origin immediately anterior to the ..."

3. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1899)
"PERIPHERAL CEREBRAL CENTRIPETAL NEURONES COLLECTING BODILY IMPRESSIONS. Those pertaining to the nervus vagus and nervus glossopharyngeus—Those pertaining to ..."

4. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"(IX) nervus glossopharyngeus, N. gph., the glossopharyngeal nerve.—Fig. 116 ; PI. II, Fig. 3. Gray, A, 658 ; Quain, A, I, 554 ; Stowell, 1. ..."

5. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"... where the pars intermedia joins the facial nerve. They are accompanied by the auditory artery. The glosso-pharyngeal'(nervus glossopharyngeus), ..."

6. Local and Regional Anesthesia: With Chapters on Spinal, Epidural by Carroll Woolsey Allen (1918)
"... the nervus lingualis with faucium, the nervus glossopharyngeus with the While conduction anesthesia can easily be in- ..."

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