chorda

Examples

• All

• Branches also arise from the facial nerve between the stapedius and the chorda tympani nerves.

  Academic text (2003)

• In the 8- to 14-mm period, the posterior auricular nerve appears near the chorda tympani.

  Academic text (2003)

• The chorda tympani nerve is identified and preserved.

  Academic text (1995)

• The chorda tympani and lingual nerves end near the developing submandibular ganglion.

  Academic text (2003)

• The greater and lesser superficial petrosal nerves and the chorda tympani nerve may be absent.

  Academic text (1996)

• In the 98 cases in which scutum-lowering was performed, no damage to the ossicular chain or chorda tympani nerve occurred.

  Academic text (2006)

• One had cholesteatoma invading the fallopian canal, and the other was found to have a chorda tympani nerve injury at exploration.

  Academic text (2006)

• The chorda tympani nerve must be identified and used in conjunction with the incus buttress as landmarks for the identification of the facial nerve.

  Academic text (1996)

• The chorda tympani is large and enters the mandibular arch; it terminates near a branch of the mandibular nerve, which will become the lingual nerve.

  Academic text (2003)

• The chorda tympani nerve comes off rostrally, courses ventrally to the first pharyngeal pouch, and enters the mandibular arch.

  Academic text (2003)

How Thick

rope

614 1.0

chorda

• Specialized

9.9

strand

58 3.1

filament

4 5.7

Surface Forms

Etymology