lesser petrosal nerve (English, noun)
expansion: lesser petrosal nerve (plural lesser petrosal nerves)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: lesser petrosal nerves
tags: plural