The lesser petrosal nerve is a continuation of the glossopharyngeal nerve after it exits the skull via the jugular foramen and innervates the tympanic plexus.
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia, a rare disorder, usually begins after age 40 and occurs more often in men.
Injury to the glossopharyngeal nerve can result in dysgeusia.
The third pharyngeal arch is innervated by glossopharyngeal nerve.
However, glossopharyngeal neuralgia sometimes results from an abnormally positioned artery that compresses the glossopharyngeal nerve near where it exits the brain stem.
The lingual nerve passes taste for the front two-thirds of the tongue and the glossopharyngeal nerve passes taste for the back third of the tongue.
The glossopharyngeal nerve has five distinct general functions: 1.
The primary neural supply is from both the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves.
