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chorda tympani nerve

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chorda tympani nerve (kor´d tim´pnē),
n a nerve branch of the facial nerve that passes through the tympanic cavity to join the lingual branch of the mandibular nerve; it conveys taste sensation from the anterior two thirds of the tongue and carries parasympathetic preganglionic fibers to the submandibular and sublingual salivary glands.
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The chorda tympani nerve was seen leaving the iter chordae posterior and passing between the malleus and incus.
One had cholesteatoma invading the fallopian canal, and the other was found to have a chorda tympani nerve injury at exploration.
 
 
 
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