Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greater petrosal nerve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: greater pet-ros-al n-erve
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mixed nerve that contains mostly sensory and some parasympathetic fibers, arises in the geniculate ganglion, joins with the deep petrosal nerve at the entrance of the pterygoid canal to form the Vidian nerve, and as part of this nerve sends sensory fibers to the soft palate with some to the Eustachian tube and sends parasympathetic fibers forming the motor root of the pterygopalatine ganglion.

Inflected Forms

greater petrosal nerves (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

deep petrosal nerve lesser petrosal nerve

Synonyms

greater superficial petrosal nerve

Questions

What does greater petrosal nerve mean?: A mixed nerve that contains mostly sensory and some parasympathetic fibers, arises in the geniculate ganglion, joins with the deep petrosal nerve at the entrance of the pterygoid canal to form the Vidian nerve, and as part of this nerve sends sensory fibers to the soft palate with some to the Eustachian tube and sends parasympathetic fibers forming the motor root of the pterygopalatine ganglion.

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