Pharyngeal branches of glossopharyngeal nerve

The pharyngeal branches of the glossopharyngeal nerve are three or four filaments which unite, opposite the constrictor pharyngis medius, with the pharyngeal branches of the vagus and sympathetic, to form the pharyngeal plexus.

Branches from this plexus perforate the muscular coat of the pharynx and supply its muscles and mucous membrane.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 909 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (IX)

1. Glossopharyngeal nerve
2. Pharyngeal plexus of vagus nerve
3. Pharyngeal arch
4. Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve
5. Pharyngeal branch
6. List of nerves of the human body
7. Pharyngeal muscles
8. Superior laryngeal nerve
9. Vagus nerve
10. Cranial nerves
11. Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
12. Facial nerve
13. Pharyngeal pouch (embryology)
14. Trigeminal nerve
15. Accessory nerve
16. Pharynx
17. Internal carotid artery
18. Tongue
19. Parapharyngeal space
20. Cranial nerve examination