glossopharyngeal nerve

Noun glossopharyngeal nerve has 1 sense

• glossopharyngeal nerve(n = noun.body) nervus glossopharyngeus, ninth cranial nerve - 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;
is a kind of cranial nerve