Wikipedia: Branch of glossopharyngeal nerve to carotid sinus
The branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve to
the carotid sinus nerve which primarily receives
information from baroreceptors to help maintain a more consistent blood pressure .
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Nerves of head and
neck : the cranial nerves
I-IV
olfactory •
optic • oculomotor (superior branch , inferior
branch ) • trochlear
V: trigeminal
trigeminal ganglion • ophthalmic •
maxillary • mandibular
VI: abducens
no significant branches
VII: facial
nervus
intermedius • geniculate • inside facial canal
(greater petrosal , nerve to the
stapedius , chorda tympani ) • at exit from stylomastoid foramen
(posterior auricular , digastric • stylohyoid ) • on face (temporal , zygomatic , buccal ,
mandibular , cervical )
VIII: vestibulocochlear
cochlear
(striae medullares , lateral
lemniscus ) • vestibular (Scarpa's
ganglion )
IX: glossopharyngeal
nucleus
ambiguus • ganglia (superior ,
petrous ) • tympanic (tympanic plexus , lesser petrosal ) • carotid sinus • pharyngeal branches • pharyngeal
plexus
X: vagus
ganglia (jugular , nodose ) • in the jugular
fossa (meningeal branch , auricular branch ) • in the neck (pharyngeal branch , superior laryngeal
ext and int , recurrent laryngeal , superior cervical cardiac ) • in the thorax
(inferior cardiac , pulmonary branches , anterior vagal
trunk , posterior vagal trunk ) • in the abdomen
(celiac branches - renal
branches - hepatic branches of anterior vagal trunk - anterior gastric branches of anterior vagal trunk - posterior gastric branches of posterior vagal trunk )
XI-XII
accessory • hypoglossal
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