Medical Dictionary
chorda tympani
noun chorda tym·pa·ni \-ˈtim-pə-ˌnī\
Medical Definition of CHORDA TYMPANI
: a branch of the facial nerve that traverses the middle ear cavity and the infratemporal fossa and supplies autonomic fibers to the sublingual and submandibular glands and sensory fibers to the anterior part of the tongue
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