chorda tympani
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin chorda tympanī (“cord of the tympanum”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɔɹ.də ˈtɪm.pəˌnaɪ/
Noun
editchorda tympani (plural chordae tympanorum)
- (neuroanatomy) 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.
References
edit- “chorda tympani”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.