<Li> It receives visceral sensory fibers from the carotid bodies, carotid sinus . </Li> <Li> It supplies parasympathetic fibers to the parotid gland via the otic ganglion . </Li> <Li> It supplies motor fibers to stylopharyngeus muscle, the only motor component of this cranial nerve . </Li> <Li> It contributes to the pharyngeal plexus . </Li>

Taste signals travel from the tongue through the facial vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves