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glossopharyngeal nerves

glossopharyngeal nerves is the plural of glossopharyngeal nerve.

Meaning of glossopharyngeal nerve

Noun

glossopharyngeal nerve (plural glossopharyngeal nerves)

  1. Either of the ninth pair of cranial nerves which are mixed nerves that exit the brainstem from the sides of the upper medulla oblongata, carry afferent sensory and efferent motor information, and supply the pharynx, posterior tongue, and parotid gland.

Questions about glossopharyngeal nerves

What is glossopharyngeal nerves the plural of?
Glossopharyngeal nerves is the plural of glossopharyngeal nerve.

Words near glossopharyngeal nerves in the dictionary

  1. glossopalatinus
  2. glossopathy
  3. glossophagine
  4. glossopharyngeal
  5. glossopharyngeal nerve
  6. glossopharyngeal nerves
  7. glossopharyngeals
  8. glossopharynx
  9. glossophile
  10. glossophiles
  11. glossophilia

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