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Lingual branches of glossopharyngeal nerve
Details
From glossopharyngeal nerve
Identifiers
Latinrami linguales nervi glossopharyngei
TA98 A14.2.01.148
TA2 6331
FMA 53490
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The lingual branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve innervates the taste buds of the posterior 1/3 of the tongue and provides general sensation to this same area. The neuron cell bodies whose axons form the nerve, are found in the inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve.

References

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


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lingual branches of glossopharyngeal nerve
Details
From glossopharyngeal nerve
Identifiers
Latinrami linguales nervi glossopharyngei
TA98 A14.2.01.148
TA2 6331
FMA 53490
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The lingual branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve innervates the taste buds of the posterior 1/3 of the tongue and provides general sensation to this same area. The neuron cell bodies whose axons form the nerve, are found in the inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve.

References

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



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