Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14e with Atlas of the Skeleton Set (14th Edition)

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Chapter 14 - The Brain and Cranial Nerves - Checkpoint - Page 512: 34

Answer

The glossopharyngeal ( CN IX) is a mixed cranial nerve . Its sensory neurons are concerned with stimuli for taste, pain, touch, blood pressure, and blood levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen.

Work Step by Step

Motor axons of CN IX originate in the medial nucleus of the medulla oblongata, and leave the cranium through the jugular foramen
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