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Glossopharyngeal

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Glos`so`phar`yn`ge´al    (glǒs´dô`făr`ĭn`jē´al or glǒs´dô`få`rĭn´jė`al)
a.1.(Anat.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; - applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue.
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Adj.1.glossopharyngeal - pertaining to the tongue and throat


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Stimulation of the glossopharyngeal and vagal nerves via the hypopharynx and larynx could result in the type of symptoms described by patients and the observer.
Physiologic and symptomatic responses to low-level substances in ... by Fox, Roy A. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Additionally, histopathologic findings in patients with respiratory weakness and WNV infection have demonstrated neuronophagia and leukocytic inflammation of the dorsal motor nuclei of the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves, which is similar to that seen in the spinal anterior horns (26).
West Nile virus-associated flaccid paralysis by Petersen, Lyle R. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
1) Glomus jugulare tumors arise from glomus bodies or paraganglionic tissue in the adventitia of the jugular bulb, usually in relation to the auricular branches of the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves.
Simultaneous contralateral vestibular schwannoma and glomus jugulare ... by Moffat, David A. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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