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nounany device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
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- glossopharyngeal nerve sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion
- nervus glossopharyngeus sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion
- ninth cranial nerve sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue; motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx; includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion
- osmoreceptor sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure