Medical Dictionary
tympanic nerve
noun
Medical Definition of TYMPANIC NERVE
: 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—called also Jacobson's nerve
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