Glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 0

Motor cell bodies for the glossopharyngeal nerve are located where?

Answer 0

superior part of the nucleus ambiguus

Question 1

what type of information is carried by the glossopharyngeal nerve?

Answer 1

motor, sensory, autonomic (parasymthetic preganglionic) fibers

Question 2

where do preganglionic parasympathetic fiber arise from?

Answer 2

inferior salivatory nucleus

Question 3

Afferent sensory fibers terminate where?

Answer 3

the solitary nucleus and spinal nucleus of trigeminal

Question 4

the glossopharyngeal nerve has two peripheral ganglia what are they?

Answer 4

superior (smaller) and inferior (petrosal) ganglion

Question 5

where does general sensory information of the glossopharyngeal nerve come from?

Answer 5

from the nasopharynx, oropharnyx, and portion of the tongue posterior to the sulcus terminalis, uvula, and palatine tonsils

Question 6

The glossopharyngeal nerve also carries general sensation from where?

Answer 6

the tympanic cavity

Question 7

the cell bodies for the glossopharyngeal nerve are located where?

Answer 7

inferior ganglion

Question 8

general sensation information carried by the glossopharyngeal nerve synapse where?

Answer 8

spinal nucleus of the trigeminal nerve

Question 9

taste information from the posterior 1/3 of the tongue are carried by neuron from where?

Answer 9

inferior ganglion

Question 10

taste axons terminate where

Answer 10

superior part of the solitary nucleus

Question 11

some incoming fibers from the inferior ganglion synapse where?

Answer 11

the lower part of the solitary nucleus

Question 12

what type of information is carried from the carotid sinus and carotid body?

Answer 12

visceral afferent information

Question 13

the nucleus ambiguus contributes lower neurons to where?

Answer 13

three cranial nerves (IX, X, XI)

Question 14

lower motor neuron of the glossopharyngeal nerve will innervate what?

Answer 14

stylopharyngeus muscle

Question 15

what information does the inferior salivatory nucleus carry?

Answer 15

preganglionic parasympathetic

Question 16

where will fibers from the inferior salivatory nucleus synapse?

Answer 16

otic ganglion

Question 17

Postganglionic fibers from the otic ganglion supply what glands?

Answer 17

parotid galnd, buccal gland, and inferior labial gland

Question 18

the apparent origin of the glossopharyngeal nerve is?

Answer 18

superior lateral aspect of the medulla oblongata

Question 19

where does the glossopharyngeal nerve exist the skull?

Answer 19

posterior to the septum in the jugular foramen

Question 20

what ganglion is located inside the cranium and which is outside?

Answer 20

superior ganglion is inside

inferior ganglion is outside

Question 21

where does the tympanic nerve come from and what does it carry?

Answer 21

the inferior ganglion and carries preganglionic parasympathetic fibers and sensory fibers

Question 22

describe the path the tympanic to tympanic plexus

Answer 22

inferior ganglion, through the tympanic canaliculus, tympanic cavity, to the superior cervical ganglion, to tympanic plexus

Question 23

what type of information does the tympanic plexus and where does

Answer 23

somatosensory information from tympanic cavity, pharyngotympanic tube, and mastoid air cells

Question 24

preganglionic parasympathetic travel from the tympanic plexus to from what?

Answer 24

lesser petrosal nerve

Question 25

the lesser petrosal nerve goes where?

Answer 25

the otic ganglion via the lesser petrosal canal

Question 26

postganglionic parasympathetic fibers from the otic ganglion are carried by what?

Answer 26

C.N. V (mandibular division) to the parotid, buccal, and inferior labial glands

Question 27

the carotid branch carries what type of information to the inferior ganglion

Answer 27

afferent information from the chemoreceptor from the carotid body and baroreceptors from the carotid sinus

Question 28

what other nerve carries information similar to the carotid branch

Answer 28

vagus nerve

Question 29

the pharyngeal branches carry what type of information

Answer 29

sensory information from the mucosa of the pharynx

Question 30

what branches make up the pharyngeal plexus

Answer 30

pharyngeal branches and the vagal branches

Question 31

what does the muscular branch supply

Answer 31

the stylopharyngeus

Question 32

actions of the stylopharyngeus

Answer 32

elevates the larynx, elevates pharynx, dilates the pharynx

Question 33

what information is carried by the tonsillar branch

Answer 33

sensory information from the palatine tonsils and oral mucosa

Question 34

the lingual branch is carries what type of information

Answer 34

general sensory and taste information (bitter and sour) from the togue, posterior to the sulcus terminalis