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"Uh oh, you better make sure your glossopharyngeal nerve is working all right!: Jeff said to his friend Amir after an embarrassing incident at school. What did Amir MOST likely do to prompt Jeff's response?
A. He did not hear the teacher call his name
B. He ate something really spicy at lunch
C. He tripped while walking down the hall
D. He slapped a high-five too hard
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The glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) carries taste from the posterior one-third of the tongue and mediates the afferent limb of the gag reflex. An embarrassing reaction after eating something very spicy (gagging/retching or strong posterior-tongue sensation) would prompt that comment. The other choices relate to hearing (CN VIII), motor/coordination, or limb sensation, not CN IX.
The glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) carries taste from the posterior one-third of the tongue and mediates the afferent limb of the gag reflex. An embarrassing reaction after eating something very spicy (gagging/retching or strong posterior-tongue sensation) would prompt that comment. The other choices relate to hearing (CN VIII), motor/coordination, or limb sensation, not CN IX.
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