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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.
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).
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.
 
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