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