Medical Dictionary

pharyngeal plexus

noun

Medical Definition of PHARYNGEAL PLEXUS

:  a plexus formed by branches of the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and sympathetic nerves supplying the muscles and mucous membrane of the pharynx and adjoining parts

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