Stylopharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve

Stylopharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve
Details
From	glossopharyngeal nerve
Identifiers
Latin	ramus musculi stylopharyngei nervi glossopharyngei
Dorlands /Elsevier	r_02/12691068
TA	A14.2.01.145
FMA	53487
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

The stylopharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve is distributed to the Stylopharyngeus.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

The cranial nerves

terminal

Nuclei
- Septal nuclei
Course
- no significant branches

olfactory

Nuclei
- Anterior olfactory nucleus
Course
- olfactory bulb
- olfactory tract

optic

Nuclei
- Lateral geniculate nucleus
Course
- optic chiasm
- optic tract

oculomotor

Nuclei
- Oculomotor nucleus
- Edinger-Westphal nucleus
Branches

trochlear

Nucleus
Branches
- no significant branches

trigeminal

Nuclei
- PSN
- Spinal trigeminal nucleus
- MN
- TMN
Course
- trigeminal ganglion
Branches

abducens

Nucleus
Branches
- no significant branches

facial

near origin	intermediate nerve geniculate

inside facial canal	greater petrosal pterygopalatine ganglion nerve to the stapedius chorda tympani lingual nerve submandibular ganglion

at stylomastoid foramen	posterior auricular suprahyoid digastric stylohyoid parotid plexus temporal zygomatic buccal mandibular cervical

Nuclei	Facial motor nucleus Solitary nucleus Superior salivary nucleus

vestibulocochlear

glossopharyngeal

before jugular fossa	ganglia superior inferior

after jugular fossa	tympanic tympanic plexus lesser petrosal otic ganglion stylopharyngeal branch pharyngeal branches tonsillar branches lingual branches carotid sinus

Nuclei	(Nucleus ambiguus Inferior salivatory nucleus Solitary nucleus

vagus

before jugular fossa	ganglia superior inferior

after jugular fossa	meningeal branch auricular branch

neck	pharyngeal branch pharyngeal plexus superior laryngeal external internal recurrent laryngeal (inferior) superior cervical cardiac

thorax	inferior cardiac pulmonary vagal trunks anterior posterior

abdomen	celiac renal hepatic anterior gastric posterior gastric

Nuclei	Nucleus ambiguus Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve Solitary nucleus

accessory

Nuclei
- Nucleus ambiguus
- Spinal accessory nucleus
cranial
spinal

hypoglossal

Nucleus
Branches
- lingual

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