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lesser petrosal nerve

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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The continuation of the tympanic nerve beyond the inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve that passes into the cranial cavity through the petrous part of the temporal bone and out again to terminate in the otic ganglion which it supplies with preganglionic parasympathetic fibers.

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Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

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