SINCE 1828
nerve of Hering
noun
nerve of Her·ing
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Medical Definition of nerve of Hering
: a nerve that arises from the main trunk of the glossopharyngeal nerve and runs along the internal carotid artery to supply afferent fibers especially to the baroreceptors of the carotid sinus
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