Brainerd, Minnesota. Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 13,592 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Crow Wing County, and is one of the largest cities in Central Minnesota.
It innervates the back of your tongue to the back of your throat, and helps to control reverse peristalsis. Some people have a glossopharyngeal that innervates a larger part of their tongue than other people, and have a very strong gag when they touch that area.
The gag reflex is elicited by stroking the pharyngeal mucosa with a cotton-tipped applicator or tongue depressor. A gag reflex can be elicited in most normal persons. However, absence of a gag reflex does not necessarily indicate that a patient is unable to swallow safely. Indeed, many persons with an absent gag reflex have normal swallowing, and some patients with dysphagia have a normal gag reflex.