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Glossopharyngeal Nerve Function The glossopharyngeal nerve carries many types of nerve fibers and has multiple functions, regulating: Taste sensations from the rearmost third of the tongue ...

It is chiefly a motor nerve and carries motor fibers that control muscles. It does have some sympathetic fibers that supply the blood vessels of the tongue and some glands in the mouth.

The vagus nerve originates from four clusters of neurons in the brain’s medulla, where the brainstem attaches to the spinal cord. Most nerves in our body branch directly from the spinal cord ...