Tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve
Tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve | |
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Details | |
From | Glossopharyngeal nerve |
Identifiers | |
Latin | Rami tonsillares nervi glossopharyngei |
TA98 | A14.2.01.147 A14.2.01.048 |
TA2 | 6330 |
FMA | 53489 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata] |
The tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve supply the palatine tonsil, forming around it a plexus from which filaments are distributed to the soft palate and fauces, where they communicate with the palatine nerves.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 909 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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The cranial nerves
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Inside facial canal | |
At stylomastoid foramen | |
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Before jugular fossa | |
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After jugular fossa | |
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Before jugular fossa | |
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After jugular fossa | |
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Thorax |
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