lingual branches of glossopharyngeal nerve lingual branches of glossopharyngeal nerve the lingual branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve innervates the taste buds of the posterior 1/3 of the tongue and provides general sensation to this same area. the neuron cell bodies whose axons form the nerve, are found in the inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve. lingual branches of glossopharyngeal nervedetailsfromglossopharyngeal nerveidentifierslatinrami linguales nervi glossopharyngeita98a14.2.01.148ta26331fma53490anatomical terms of neuroanatomy