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adj. - Pertaining to the tongue and throat.

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  • That of course, is down to months of rigorous training, including practicing a technique called glossopharyngeal insufflation, or lung packing.
  • Even in the case of the smaller branches of the glossopharyngeal nerve which originate in the sinus area, action potentials of this type have been detected (Bronk, 1931).
  • These fibers pass to the brain as parts of two pairs of nerves — those from the front of the tongue joining the trigeminal nerve, and those from the back of the tongue, the...
  • Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves.
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