Chorda tympani
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Chorda tympani is a branch of the facial nerve that carries gustatory (taste) sensory innervation from the front of the tongue and parasympathetic (secretomotor) innervation to the submandibular and sublingual salivary glands.[1]
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Chorda tympani | |
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Details | |
From | Facial nerve |
Innervates | Taste (anterior 2/3 of tongue) Sublingual gland |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nervus chorda tympani |
MeSH | D002814 |
TA98 | A14.2.01.084 A14.2.01.118 |
TA2 | 6292 |
FMA | 53228 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
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Chorda tympani has a complex course from the brainstem, through the temporal bone and middle ear, into the infratemporal fossa, and ending in the oral cavity.[2]