English Explanatory Dictionary

lesser petrosal nerve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The continuation of the tympanic nerve beyond the inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve that passes into the cranial cavity through the petrous part of the temporal bone and out again to terminate in the otic ganglion which it supplies with preganglionic parasympathetic fibers.

Word forms

lesser petrosal nerve lesser petrosal nerves
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