From the plexus, branches are distributed to the muscles and mucous membrane of the pharynx ( except the stylopharyngeus, which is innervated by the glossopharyngeal nerve ( CN IX ) ) and the muscles of the soft palate, except the Tensor veli palatini, which is supplied by the nerve to tensor veli palatini, a branch of the nerve to medial pterygoid ( which itself is a branch of the mandibular nerve-CNV / 3 ).
