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Cranial Nerve IX - Glossopharyngeal Nerve - FRCEM Success
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The glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) mediates taste, salivation and swallowing (together with CN X).
Sensory Posterior one-third of tongue, tonsils, oropharynx, soft palate, middle ear, taste from posterior one-third of tongue,
function visceral a erents from carotid body and sinus, a erent pathway of gag re ex
Clinical Loss of gag re ex, dysphagia, loss of carotid sinus re ex, loss of taste from posterior one-third of tongue
e ects of
KEYWORDS injury
Cranial Nerves Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Causes of Occipital condyle fractures, lateral medullary syndrome, jugular foramen syndrome, carotid artery dissection
injury
RELATED TOPICS
Anatomy Head and Neck
Anatomical Course
Cranial Nerve Lesions Neck
The glossopharyngeal nerve originates from the medulla and travels lateral in the posterior cranial fossa before emerging from the cranial cavity
Something wrong? via the jugular foramen.
GLOSSOPHARYN GEAL N ERVE. (IMAGE BY HEN RY VAN DYKE CARTER [PUBLIC DOMA IN] , V IA W IKIME DIA CO MMO NS)
Function
General visceral a erent bres from the carotid body and sinus
General sensory a erent bres from the posterior one-third of the tongue, palatine tonsils, oropharynx, soft palate, and mucosa of the
middle ear, pharyngotympanic tube and mastoid ear cells
Special a erent bres for taste from the posterior one-third of the tongue
Parasympathetic secretomotor bres to the parotid salivary gland
Motor bres to the stylopharyngeus muscle (elevates larynx and pharynx facilitating swallowing)
Assessment
The glossopharyngeal nerve can be assessed together with the vagus nerve (CN X) by:
Isolated glossopharyngeal nerve palsy is rare. It is usually damaged with CN X and XI, close to the jugular foramen.