Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ninth_cranial_nerve

1 sense of ninth cranial nerve

Sense 1
glossopharyngeal nerve, nervus glossopharyngeus, ninth cranial nerve -- (sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion)
       => cranial nerve -- (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)