Glossopharyngeal nerve

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 362465002

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Definition

Cranial nerve that branches into the ramus communicans (to the skin), the pretrematic (to the walls of the pharynx and mouth, viscero-sensory fibers), and the larval post-trematic branch (lost in the adult).

Also known as glossopharyngeal IX, glossopharyngeal IX nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve [IX], glossopharyngeal nerve tree, nervus glossopharyngeus, nervus glossopharyngeus [ix], ninth cranial nerve — per UBERON

The Glossopharyngeal nerve is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Glossopharyngeal nerve disorder Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Glossopharyngeal nerve neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Glossopharyngeal nerve paralysis Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Glossopharyngeal nerve paralysis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0