greater petrosal nerve

physiology

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branch of facial nerve

  • nervous system
    In human nervous system: Facial nerve (CN VII or 7)

    …the pterygopalatine ganglion via the greater petrosal nerve (a branch of the facial nerve) and to the submandibular ganglion by way of the chorda tympani nerve (another branch of the facial nerve, which joins the lingual branch of the mandibular nerve). Postganglionic fibers from the pterygopalatine ganglion innervate the nasal…

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