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Lingual branches of glossopharyngeal nerve

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Lingual branches of glossopharyngeal nerve
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Fromglossopharyngeal nerve
Identifiers
Latinrami linguales nervi glossopharyngei
TA98A14.2.01.148
TA26331
FMA53490
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The lingual branches of glossopharyngeal nerve are two in number; one supplies the circumvallate papillae and the mucous membrane covering the base of the tongue; the other supplies the mucous membrane and follicular glands of the posterior part of the tongue, and communicates with the lingual nerve.

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



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