nervus intermedius


in·ter·me·di·ate nerve

[TA] a root of the facial nerve containing sensory fibers for taste from the anterior two thirds of the tongue with cell bodies that are located in the geniculate ganglion and presynaptic parasympathetic autonomic fibers with cell bodies that are located in the superior salivatory nucleus, i.e., the fibers that are eventually conveyed by the greater petrosal nerve and via the chorda tympani branch of the facial nerve to the lingual nerve. Synonym(s): nervus intermedius [TA], intermediary nerve, portio intermedia, Wrisberg nerve (2)

in·ter·me·di·ar·y nerve

(in'tĕr-mē'dē-ar-ē nĕrv) A root of the facial nerve containing sensory fibers for taste from the anterior two thirds of tongue with cell bodies that are located in the geniculate ganglion and presynaptic parasympathetic autonomic fibers with cell bodies that are located in the superior salivatory nucleus, i.e., the fibers eventually conveyed through the chorda tympani branch of the facial nerve to the lingual nerve.
Synonym(s): nervus intermedius [TA] , intermediate nerve.

nervus intermedius

The smaller of the two roots of the facial nerve (CN VII). It emerges between the large motor root of the facial nerve and the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII) on the lateral side of the hindbrain along the lower (caudal) edge of the pons Synonym: intermediate nerveSee also: nervus

Wrisberg,

Heinrich A., German anatomist and gynecologist, 1739-1808. nerve of WrisbergWrisberg cartilage - a small, nonarticulating rod of elastic cartilage. Synonym(s): cuneiform cartilageWrisberg ganglia - parasympathetic ganglia of the cardiac plexus. Synonym(s): cardiac gangliaWrisberg lesionWrisberg ligament - the band that passes posterior to the posterior cruciate ligament. Synonym(s): posterior meniscofemoral ligamentWrisberg nerve - Synonym(s): medial brachial cutaneous nerve; nervus intermediusWrisberg tubercle - a rounded eminence on the posterior part of the aryepiglottic fold. Synonym(s): cuneiform tubercle