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Glossopharyngeal nerve Moderate

Glossopharyngeal nerve has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

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

2

Either of the ninth pair of cranial nerves which are mixed nerves that exit the brainstem from the sides of the upper medulla oblongata, carry afferent sensory and efferent motor information, and supply the pharynx, posterior tongue, and parotid gland.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cranial nerve
Rhyming Words
verve terve curve lurve perve serve nerve merve kerve herve varve tarve larve harve carve surve swarve slurve sparve clerve
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