Tympanic nerve

Tympanic nerve
Tympanic nerve
	Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. (Tympanic nerve visible in upper right)
	Tympanic nerve (labelled right side)
Details
To	Tympanic plexus
Identifiers
Latin	nervus tympanicus
TA98	A14.2.01.138
TA2	6323
FMA	53480
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The tympanic nerve (Jacobson's nerve) is a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve found near the ear. It gives sensation to the middle ear, the Eustachian tube, the parotid gland, and mastoid air cells. It gives parasympathetic to supply to the parotid gland via the otic ganglion and the auriculotemporal nerve.