释义 |
communicating branch of chorda tympani with lingual nerve communicating branch of chorda tympani with lingual nerve [TA] terminal branch of chorda tympani joining the lingual nerve in the infratemporal fossa; conveys sensory fibers for taste from anterior two thirds of tongue and presynaptic parasympathetic fibers destined for submandibular ganglion for innervation of submandibular and sublingual salivary glands. Synonym(s): ramus communicans cum chorda tympani (1) [TA], communicating branch of chorda tympani to lingual nerve, ramus communicans nervi lingualis cum chorda tympanicom·mu·ni·ca·ting branch of chor·da tym·pa·ni with lin·gual nerve (kŏ-myūni-kāt-ing branch kōrdă timpă-nī linggwăl nĕrv) [TA] Terminal branch of chorda tympani joining the lingual nerve in the infratemporal fossa. |