Assertion: glossopharyngeal nerve's fiber | /r/CapableOf | reach parotid gland
Facets:
value: by a circuitous route
type: MANNER
value: in that way
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In that way, the postganglionic fibers in a form of the auriculotemporal nerve reach the parotid gland and supply it with the parasympathetic innervation that is necessary for the proper stimulation of the gland.
text: Its motor fibers supply the stylopharyngeus; its sensory fibers supply the mucous membrane of the middle ear, the pharynx, and posterior third of the tongue and also the carotid sinus; its secretory fibers reach the parotid gland by a circuitous route.