chorda tympani

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin chorda tympanī (“cord of the tympanum”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɹ.də ˈtɪm.pəˌnaɪ/

Noun

chorda tympani (plural chordae tympanorum)

1. (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

• “chorda tympani”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.