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Stylopharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve
Ramus stylopharyngeus nervi glossopharyngei
- Synonym: Nerve to stylopharyngeus muscle
- Related terms: Stylopharyngeal branch
Definition
The Muscular Branch (ramus stylopharyngeus) is distributed to the Stylopharyngeus.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
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