NINTH CRANIAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ninth cranial nerve mean? 

• NINTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun NINTH CRANIAL NERVE has 1 sense:

1. sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion

  Familiarity information: NINTH CRANIAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NINTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

glossopharyngeal nerve; nervus glossopharyngeus; ninth cranial nerve

Hypernyms ("ninth cranial nerve" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by involvement of the glossopharyngeal nerve (ninth cranial nerve).

(Glossopharyngeal Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the glossopharyngeal nerve (ninth cranial nerve).

(Glossopharyngeal Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The ninth cranial nerve.

(Glossopharyngeal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)