glossopharyngeal nerve

glossopharyngeal nerve

English

Noun

glossopharyngeal nerve (plural glossopharyngeal nerves)

1. (neuroanatomy) 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.

   Coordinate terms: olfactory nerve, optic nerve, oculomotor nerve, trochlear nerve, trigeminal nerve, abducens nerve, facial nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, vagus nerve, accessory nerve, hypoglossal nerve

Translations

the ninth cranial nerve

Chinese: Mandarin: 舌咽神經／舌咽神经 (zh) (shéyān shénjīng) Finnish: kieli-kitahermo Hungarian: nyelv-garat ideg (hu)

References

• “glossopharyngeal nerve”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “glossopharyngeal nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary