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glossopharyngeal

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In anatomy, of or pertaining to the tongue and the pharynx.
  • noun The glossopharyngeal nerve.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (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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  • adjective Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx
  • noun Any of the glossopharyngeal nerves.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective pertaining to the tongue and throat

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glōssa, "the tongue") + φάρυγξ (pharunks, "pharynx").

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Examples

  • That of course, is down to months of rigorous training, including practicing a technique called glossopharyngeal insufflation, or lung packing.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • That of course, is down to months of rigorous training, including practicing a technique called glossopharyngeal insufflation, or lung packing.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • Even in the case of the smaller branches of the glossopharyngeal nerve which originate in the sinus area, action potentials of this type have been detected (Bronk, 1931).

    Physiology or Medicine 1938 - Presentation Speech 1965

  • Thus an increase in arterial pressure in the internal carotid stimulates a number of nerve terminals in the walls of the sinus and produces a reflex which is transmitted by the ninth pair of cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerves, and reaches the territories of the vagus and vaso-motor nerves.

    Physiology or Medicine 1938 - Presentation Speech 1965

  • The ninth pair (_glossopharyngeal_ nerves; nerves of taste to back of tongue and of muscular control of pharynx; afferent and efferent) connect with the back surface of the tongue and with the muscles of the pharynx.

    Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters

  • These fibers pass to the brain as parts of two pairs of nerves — those from the front of the tongue joining the trigeminal nerve, and those from the back of the tongue, the glossopharyngeal nerve.

    Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters

  • They are found on the posterior roots of the spinal nerves; on the sensory roots of the trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves, and on the acoustic nerves.

    IX. Neurology. 1. Structure of the Nervous System 1918

  • Above, it lies upon the Rectus capitis lateralis, behind the internal carotid artery and the nerves passing through the jugular foramen; lower down, the vein and artery lie upon the same plane, the glossopharyngeal and hypoglossal nerves passing forward between them; the vagus descends between and behind the vein and the artery in the same sheath, and the accessory runs obliquely backward, superficial or deep to the vein.

    VII. The Veins. 3b. 2. The Veins of the Neck 1918

  • The laryngopharyngeal branches (rami laryngopharyngei) pass to the side of the pharynx, where they join with branches from the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and external laryngeal nerves to form the pharyngeal plexus.

    IX. Neurology. 7b. The Cervical Portion of the Sympathetic System 1918

  • Nucleus ambiguus (nucleus of origin of motor fibers of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and cerebral portion of spinal accessory).

    Illustrations. Fig. 700 1918

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