The chorda tympani is a nerve that originates from the taste buds in the front of the tongue, runs through the middle ear, and carries taste messages to the brain. It joins the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) inside the facial canal, at the level where the facial nerve exits the skull via the stylomastoid foramen. The chorda tympani is part of on...
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(kor´dә tim´pә-ni) 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.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a nerve given off from the facial nerve in the facial canal that passes through the posterior canaliculus of the chorda tympani into the tympanic cavity, crosses over the tympanic membrane and handle of the malleus, and passes out through the anterior canaliculus of the chorda tympani in the petrotympanic fissure to join ...
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Chorda tympani: A branch of the facial nerve (the seventh cranial nerve) that serves the taste buds in the front of the tongue, runs through the middle ear, and carries taste messages to the brain. The chorda tympani is part of one of three cranial nerves that are involved in taste. The taste system involves a complicated feedback loop, with each n...
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tympanichord, chorda tympani 1. A derivative of the nervus intermedius (root of the facial nerve) which leaves the main nerve in the facial canal to enter the middle ear cavity. 2. A nerve given off from the facial nerve in the facial canal which passes through the posterior canaliculus of the chorda tympani into the tympanic cavity, crosses over ...
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