Branches
- Tympanic
- Stylopharyngeal
- Tonsillar
- Nerve to carotid sinus
- Branches to the posterior third of tongue
- Lingual branches
- A communicating branch to the Vagus nerve
Note: The glossopharyneal nerve contributes in the formation of the pharyngeal plexus along with the vagus nerve.
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