The glossopharyngeal nerve, which is also called the ninth cranial nerve, has both sensory (sensation) functions and motor (movement) functions in the body, as well as specialized sensory function ...

Glossopharyngeal nerve palsy. An injury or stroke can cause this condition. The nerve's functioning is impaired, leading to ear pain, difficulty swallowing, and altered taste on the back of the ...

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia is a rare pain syndrome caused by compression of your glossopharyngeal nerve. It leads to episodes of severe pain, usually on one side of the back of your throat and ...

Cranial Nerve IX, the glossopharyngeal nerve, innervates the parotid glands, two glands that sit in front of your ears and produce 10 percent of your saliva; and during eating, up to 25 percent.

Preliminary scientific report. Vitale-Cross, L. et al. (2022) "SARS-CoV-2 entry sites are present in all structural elements of the human glossopharyngeal and vagal nerves: clinical implications".

GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL breathing, first described by Dail1 in 1951, is a technic for ventilating the lungs that does not require the use of the muscles of respiration. Instead, the muscles of the mouth a ...