tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve the tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve supply the palatine tonsil, forming around it a plexus from which filaments are distributed to the soft palate and fauces, where they communicate with the palatine nerves. tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nervedetailsfromglossopharyngeal nerveidentifierslatinrami tonsillares nervi glossopharyngeita98a14.2.01.147 a14.2.01.048ta26330fma53489anatomical terms of neuroanatomy