Pharyngeal plexus of vagus nerve
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| Nerve: Pharyngeal plexus of vagus nerve | |
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| Muscles of the pharynx, viewed from behind, together with the associated vessels and nerves. (Pharyngeal plexus visible but not labeled.) | |
| Latin | plexus pharyngeus nervi vagi |
| Gray's | subject #204 909 |
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The pharyngeal plexus is a network of nerve fibers innervating most of the palate, larynx, and pharynx.
It is located on the surface of the middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle.[1]
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[edit] Sources
Although the Terminologia Anatomica name of the plexus has "vagus nerve" in the title, other nerves make contributions to the plexus.
It has the following sources:[2]
- CN IX - pharyngeal branches of glossopharyngeal nerve - sensory
- CN X - pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve - motor
- superior cervical ganglion sympathetic fibers - vasomotor
Because the cranial part of accessory nerve (CN XI) leaves the jugular foramen along with CN IX and X, it is sometimes considered part of the plexus as well.[2]
[edit] Innervation
[edit] Sensory
The pharyngeal plexus provides sensory innervation of the oropharynx and laryngopharynx from CN IX and CN X. (The nasopharynx is innervated by CN V2)
[edit] Motor
The pharyngeal plexus, with fibers from CN IX, CN X, and cranial part of CN XI, innervates all the muscles of the pharynx (except stylopharyngeus, which is innervated directly by a branch of CN IX).
This includes the muscles levator veli palatini, palatoglossus, and musculus uvulae, the pharyngeal constrictors, plus others.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ -946208709 at GPnotebook
- ^ a b Jerry L. Gadd; James L., PhD. Oschman; Hiatt, James L.; Leslie P., PhD. Gartner; Gartner, Leslie P. (2001). Textbook of head and neck anatomy. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 229. ISBN 0-7817-2166-0.
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