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Glossopharyngeal nerve
The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth of twelve cranial nerves.
It receives sensory fibres from the posterior 2/3 of the tongue, the tonsils[?], the pharynx, the middle ear and the carotid body[?].
It supplies parasympathetic[?] fibres to the parotid gland[?] via the otic ganglion[?].
It also supplies motor fibres to stylopharngeus muscle[?] and the upper pharyngeal muscles.
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