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Cranial Nerves IX and X: Glossopharyngeal and Vagus
Cranial Nerve IX: Glossopharyngeal Nerve and Swallowing The glossopharyngeal nerve is a mixed nerve, containing both sensory and motor fibers along with parasympathetic, special sensory, and visceral sensory components. The motor component is fibers to the stylopharyngeus muscle, as well…