See Also: communicating branch of glossopharyngeal nerve with auricular branch of vagus nerve(medicine)
communicating branch of facial nerve with glossopharyngeal nerve(medicine)
auricular branch of vagus nerve(medicine)
communicating branch of otic ganglion with meningeal branch of mandibular nerve(medicine)
communicating branch of median nerve with ulnar nerve(medicine)
communicating branch of lacrimal nerve with zygomatic nerve(medicine)
tonsillar branch of glossopharyngeal nerve(medicine)
pharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve(medicine)
branch of glossopharyngeal nerve to stylopharyngeus muscle(medicine)
meningeal branch of vagus nerve(medicine)

carotid canal (medicine) and communicating branch of glossopharyngeal nerve with auricular branch of vagus nerve (medicine)


carotid canal (medicine)


carotid canal


A passage through the petrous part of the temporal bone from its inferior surface upward, medially, and forward to the apex where it opens into the foramen lacerum. It transmits the internal carotid artery and plexuses of veins and autonomic nerves.

Synonym: canalis caroticus.


communicating branch of glossopharyngeal nerve with auricular branch of vagus nerve (medicine)


communicating branch of glossopharyngeal nerve with auricular branch of vagus nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A small branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve which joins the auricular branch of the vagus, conveying tactile fibres.

Synonym: ramus communicans cum nervo glossopharyngeo, ramus communicans nervi glossopharyngei cum ramo auriculari nervi vagalis.