glossopharyngeal nerve

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Noun glossopharyngeal nerve has 1 sense

glossopharyngeal nerve, nervus glossopharyngeus, ninth cranial nerve - 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
--₁ is a kind of cranial nerve

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