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chorda tympani

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chorda /chor·da/ (kor´dah) pl. chor´dae   [L.] a cord or sinew.chor´dal
chorda dorsa´lis  notochord.
chorda mag´na  Achilles tendon.
chor´dae tendi´neae cor´dis  tendinous cords connecting the two atrioventricular valves to the appropriate papillary muscles in the heart ventricles.
chorda tym´pani  a nerve originating from the intermediate nerve, distributed to the submandibular, sublingual, and lingual glands and anterior two thirds of the tongue; it is a parasympathetic and special sensory nerve.

chorda tympani,
a branch of the facial nerve that carries taste from the anterior two thirds of the tongue and parasympathetic innervation to all salivary glands below the level of the oral fissure.

chorda [kor´dah] (pl. chor´dae) (L.)
a cord or sinew. adj., adj chor´dal.
chorda mag´na Achilles tendon.
chor´dae tendi´neae tendinous cords connecting the two atrioventricular valves to the appropriate papillary muscles in the heart ventricles.
Chordae tendineae of the posterior cusps of atrioventricular valves in a cross-section of the heart. From Dorland's, 2000.
chorda tym´pani a nerve originating from the facial nerve, distributed to the submandibular, sublingual, and lingual glands and the anterior two-thirds of the tongue; it is a parasympathetic and special sensory nerve.
chorda umbilica´lis umbilical cord.
chorda voca´lis vocal cord.

chorda
pl. chordae [L.] a cord or sinew.

chorda magna
Achilles tendon.
chorda tendineae
tendinous cords connecting the two atrioventricular valves to the appropriate papillary muscles in the heart ventricles.
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Ruptured chorda tendineae in a horse heart at necropsy. By permission from Knottenbelt DC, Pascoe RR, Diseases and Disorders of the Horse, Saunders, 2003
chorda tendineae rupture
causes acute, massive, cardiac insufficiency leading to congestive heart failure and an early death; called also detachment.
chorda tympani
a nerve originating from the facial nerve, distributed to the submandibular, sublingual and lingual glands and the anterior two-thirds of the tongue; it is a parasympathetic and special sensory nerve.
chorda umbilicalis
umbilical cord.
chorda vocalis
vocal cord.


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We also discussed the risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment, as well as the complications of round window niche occlusion, which include bleeding, infection, hearing loss, dizziness, worsening tinnitus, tympanic membrane perforation, and injury to the chorda tympani or facial nerve.
Upon measuring nerve activity in the chorda tympani (CT), a branch of the facial nerve that serves the taste buds in the front of the tongue, the researchers found that activity in CT nerve fibres increased when nicotine was put on the mice's tongues.
The chorda tympani is not the only nerve that delivers taste messages to the brain, and it is not the only nerve that can go haywire.
 
 
 
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