tympanic nerve

noun

tympanic nerve

noun
1

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroanatomy, Neurology, Neuroscience, Sciences A branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve arising from the petrosal ganglion and entering the middle ear where it takes part in forming the tympanic plexus.

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