Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In anatomy, of or pertaining to the tongue and the pharynx.
- n. The glossopharyngeal nerve.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (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.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. pertaining to the tongue and throat
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glōssa, "the tongue") + φάρυγξ (pharunks, "pharynx"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“That of course, is down to months of rigorous training, including practicing a technique called glossopharyngeal insufflation, or lung packing.”
“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.”
“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).”
“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.”
“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.”
“Nucleus ambiguus (nucleus of origin of motor fibers of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and cerebral portion of spinal accessory).”
“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.”
“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.”
“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
“A filament, the jugular nerve, passes upward to the base of the skull, and divides to join the petrous ganglion of the glossopharyngeal, and the jugular ganglion of the vagus.”
IX. Neurology. 7b. The Cervical Portion of the Sympathetic System
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glosso-, -glot, glotto-
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