Assertion: facial nerve | /r/CapableOf | give off greater petrosal nerve
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text: It is here, at the geniculate ganglion in the facial canal of the temporal bone, that the facial nerve gives off the greater petrosal nerve, the first in a series of nerves which eventually carry preganglionic parasympathetic fibers to the lacrimal gland, stimulating lacrimation (tearing).