communicating branch of otic ganglion to auriculotemporal nerve

com·mu·ni·cat·ing branch of o·tic gan·gli·on to au·ric·u·lo·tem·po·ral nerve

a branch of the otic ganglion joining the roots of the auriculotemporal nerve to convey postsynaptic parasympathetic fibers to the parotid gland. Synonym(s): ramus communicans ganglii otici cum nervo auriculotemporali