Clinical examination
The clinical examination of the glossopharyngeal nerve involves tests which simultaneously gauge the function of the vagus nerve:
- test the gag reflex - the glossopharyngeal nerve provides the sensory component, the tenth nerve supplies the motor component; ask if the patient can feel the spatula touching the palate
- test taste on the posterior third of the tongue - not usually carried out
- test swallowing
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