Tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve

Tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve
Details
From Glossopharyngeal nerve
Identifiers
Latin Rami tonsillares nervi glossopharyngei
Dorlands
/Elsevier
r_02/12692346
TA A14.2.01.147
FMA 53489

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve supply the palatine tonsil, forming around it a plexus from which filaments are distributed to the soft palate and fauces, where they communicate with the palatine nerves.

References

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


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