GROSS ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The glossopharyngeal nerve is the 9th cranial nerve (CN IX). It is one of the four cranial nerves that has sensory, motor, and parasympathetic functions. It originates from the medulla oblongata and terminates in the pharynx.

Detailed explanation-2: -The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth set of 12 cranial nerves (CN IX). It provides motor, parasympathetic and sensory information to your mouth and throat. Among its many functions, the nerve helps raise part of your throat, enabling swallowing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Visceral sensory impulses from the pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and cardiac systems.

Detailed explanation-4: -Somatic sensory, which provide the sensory input from the posterior one-third of the tongue, palatine tonsils, oropharynx, mucosa of the middle ear, pharyngotympanic tube and the mastoid air cells. Visceral sensory, that carry the sensory information from the carotid body. More items