Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Cranial Nerves and Ganglia: Pharyngeal Plexus

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Cranial Nerves and Ganglia

Pharyngeal Plexus

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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The pharyngeal plexus, formed by the pharyngeal branches of the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves and branches from the superior cervical ganglion, has been reported to give a slender branch, the middle laryngeal nerve. It supplies the cricothyroid muscle, then pierces the cricothyroid membrane to supply the mucous membrane of the lower part of the larynx.

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