Tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve

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.

Tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve
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FromGlossopharyngeal nerve
Identifiers
LatinRami tonsillares nervi glossopharyngei
TA98A14.2.01.147
A14.2.01.048
TA26330
FMA53489
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

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