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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.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 909 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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Terminal (CN 0) |
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Olfactory (CN I) |
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Optic (CN II) |
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Oculomotor (CN III) |
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Trochlear (CN IV) |
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Trigeminal (CN V) |
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Abducens (CN VI) |
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Facial (CN VII) |
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Vestibulocochlear (CN VIII) | |||||||||||||
Glossopharyngeal (CN IX) |
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Vagus (CN X) |
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Accessory (CN XI) | |||||||||||||
Hypoglossal (CN XII) |
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