Tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve

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.

Tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve
Details
FromGlossopharyngeal nerve
Identifiers
LatinRami tonsillares nervi glossopharyngei
TAA14.2.01.147
A14.2.01.048
FMA53489
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 909 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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