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Lingual branches of glossopharyngeal nerve

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Lingual branches of glossopharyngeal nerve
Details
Fromglossopharyngeal nerve
Identifiers
Latinrami linguales nervi glossopharyngei
TA98A14.2.01.148
TA26331
FMA53490
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.

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