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| Preferred Name | glossopharyngeal nerve | |
| Synonyms |
cranial nerve IX nerve IX glossopharyngeal nerve [IX] |
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| Definitions |
The 9th cranial nerve. The glossopharyngeal nerve is a mixed motor and sensory nerve; it conveys somatic and autonomic efferents as well as general, special, and visceral afferents. Among the connections are motor fibers to the stylopharyngeus muscle, parasympathetic fibers to the parotid glands, general and taste afferents from the posterior third of the tongue, the nasopharynx, and the palate, and afferents from baroreceptors and chemoreceptors of the carotid sinus. [MeSH] |
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| ID |
http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12167 |
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| Acronym |
CN IX
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| Definition |
The 9th cranial nerve. The glossopharyngeal nerve is a mixed motor and sensory nerve; it conveys somatic and autonomic efferents as well as general, special, and visceral afferents. Among the connections are motor fibers to the stylopharyngeus muscle, parasympathetic fibers to the parotid glands, general and taste afferents from the posterior third of the tongue, the nasopharynx, and the palate, and afferents from baroreceptors and chemoreceptors of the carotid sinus. [MeSH]
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| FMAID |
50870
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| Has_Branch |
http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12178 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID14634 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12184 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID14655 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12181 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID14629 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12182 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12186 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12183 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12172 |
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| Has_Regional_Part |
http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12178 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID14634 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID14655 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12181 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID14629 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12182 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12186 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12183 http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID12172 |
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RID12167
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| Preferred_name |
glossopharyngeal nerve
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| prefixIRI |
RID1:RID12167
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| prefLabel |
glossopharyngeal nerve
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| Synonym |
cranial nerve IX nerve IX glossopharyngeal nerve [IX]
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| UMLS_ID |
C0017679
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