Preferred Label : glossopharyngeal nerve;
RADLEX synonyms : cranial nerve IX; nerve IX; glossopharyngeal nerve [IX];
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];
RADLEX acronyms : CN IX;
UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0017679;
Origin ID : RID12167;
UMLS CUI : C0017679;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Continuous with
- FMA entity(ies)
- Has branch(es)
- Has part(s)
- Member of
- Part of
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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]
