chorda tympani nerve (kor´d
tim´pnē),
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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Chondrosarcoma.
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