Ear pain when swallowing can develop due ... and teeth grinding or clenching. Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) is a rare neurological (brain-related) condition that causes recurrent episodes ...

The united nerve then dips down and back toward your ear, where it makes a sharp U ... help the parotid gland produce saliva start in the glossopharyngeal nerve. They pass through a small pathway ...

the chorda tympani nerve (from the front of the tongue), the glossopharyngeal nerve (from the back of the tongue) and the vagus nerve (from the throat area and palate). In addition, the trigeminal ...

Bolus contacts receptors of afferent fibers from superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) and glossopharyngeal nerves sending impulses to nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) in brainstem (medulla). This is ...