| Name: | cranial nerve IX |
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| Synonyms: | CN-IX, glossopharyngeal nerve, nervus glossopharyngeus |
| Definition: | Cranial nerve that innervates gill muscles. Sometimes called a branchiomeric nerve because it innervates derivatives of the branchial arches. The root is typically found at rhombomere 6. This nerve contains sensory axons that carry both somatic and visceral sensory information as well as motor axons from branchiomotor neurons. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000668] |
| Name: | branchiomotor neuron |
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| Synonyms: | branchi motor neuron, special visceral motor neuron |
| Definition: | Cranial motor neuron which innervates muscles derived from the branchial (pharyngeal) arches. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005731] |