ninth cranial nerve

Noun ninth cranial nerve has 1 sense

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