Stylopharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve

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Nerve: Stylopharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve
Latin ramus musculi stylopharyngei nervi glossopharyngei
Gray's subject #204 909
From glossopharyngeal nerve
Dorlands
/ Elsevier     		r_02/12691068

The stylopharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve is distributed to the Stylopharyngeus.

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Nerves of head and neck: the cranial nerves and nuclei
olfactory (AON->I)olfactory bulb - olfactory tract
optic (LGN->II)optic chiasm - optic tract
oculomotor (ON,EWN->III)superior branch (parasympathetic root of ciliary ganglion/ciliary ganglion) - inferior branch
trochlear (TN->IV)no significant branches
trigeminal (PSN,TSN,MN,TMN->V)trigeminal ganglion • ophthalmic • maxillary • mandibular
abducens (AN->VI)no significant branches
facial (FMN,SN,SSN->VII)
near origin nervus intermedius • geniculate
inside facial canal greater petrosal (pterygopalatine ganglion) - nerve to the stapedius - chorda tympani (lingual nerve, submandibular ganglion)
at stylomastoid foramen posterior auricular - suprahyoid (digastric, stylohyoid) - parotid plexus (temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, cervical)
vestibulocochlear (VN,CN->VIII)cochlear (striae medullares, lateral lemniscus) • vestibular (Scarpa's ganglion)
glossopharyngeal (NA,ISN,SN->IX)
before jugular fossa ganglia (superior, inferior)
after jugular fossa tympanic (tympanic plexus, lesser petrosal, otic ganglion) • stylopharyngeal branch • pharyngeal branches • tonsillar branches • lingual branches • carotid sinus
vagus (NA,DNVN,SN->X)
before jugular fossa ganglia (superior, inferior)
after jugular fossa meningeal branch - auricular branch
neck pharyngeal branch (pharyngeal plexus) - superior laryngeal (external, internal) - recurrent laryngeal (inferior) - superior cervical cardiac
thorax inferior cardiac - pulmonary - vagal trunks (anterior, posterior)
abdomen celiac - renal - hepatic - anterior gastric - posterior gastric
accessory (NA,SAN->XI)cranial - spinal
hypoglossal (HN->XII)lingual branches
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