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MeSH Heading: Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Tree Number(s): A08.800.050.050.337; A08.800.050.600.387; A08.800.800.060.337; A08.800.800.120.290
Unique ID: D005930
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005930
Annotation: neoplasm = GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)
Scope Note: The 9th cranial nerve. The glossopharyngeal nerve is a mixed motor and sensory nerve; it conveys somatic and autonomic efferents as well as general, special, and visceral afferents. Among the connections are motor fibers to the stylopharyngeus muscle, parasympathetic fibers to the parotid glands, general and taste afferents from the posterior third of the tongue, the nasopharynx, and the palate, and afferents from baroreceptors and CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS of the carotid sinus.
Entry Term(s): Cranial Nerve IX; Ninth Cranial Nerve
NLM Classification #: WL 330
Entry Combination: injuries:Glossopharyngeal Nerve Injuries
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24

Entry Combination: injuries:Glossopharyngeal Nerve Injuries
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0009311
Scope Note: The 9th cranial nerve. The glossopharyngeal nerve is a mixed motor and sensory nerve; it conveys somatic and autonomic efferents as well as general, special, and visceral afferents. Among the connections are motor fibers to the stylopharyngeus muscle, parasympathetic fibers to the parotid glands, general and taste afferents from the posterior third of the tongue, the nasopharynx, and the palate, and afferents from baroreceptors and CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS of the carotid sinus.
Terms: Glossopharyngeal Nerve Preferred Term
Term UI T017939
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Cranial Nerve IX
Term UI T017941
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Ninth Cranial Nerve
Term UI T017940
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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