See Also: tympanic nerve(medicine)
nerve of tympanic membrane(medicine)
branch of auriculotemporal nerve to tympanic membrane(medicine)
communicating branch of facial nerve with tympanic plexus(medicine)
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communicating branch of facial nerve with glossopharyngeal nerve(medicine)
communicating branch of median nerve with ulnar nerve(medicine)
communicating branches of auriculotemporal nerve to facial nerve(medicine)
communicating branches of lingual nerve to hypoglossal nerve(medicine)

tympanic nerve (medicine)


tympanic nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A nerve from the inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve, passing through the tympanic canaliculus to the tympanic cavity, forming there the tympanic plexus which supplies the mucous membrane of the tympanic cavity, mastoid cells, and auditory tube; presynaptic parasympathetic fibres also pass through the tympanic nerve via the lesser superficial petrosal nerve to the otic ganglion, where they synapse with postsynaptic fibres that continue to supply the parotid gland.

Synonym: nervus tympanicus, Andersch's nerve, Jacobson's nerve.