Posted by esb on October 05, 2011 at 22:19:17:
In Reply to: Anterior Triangle, Thyroid, and Root of Neck posted by ML on September 29, 2011 at 14:45:26:
10. Discuss the pathway of autonomic nerve fibers as they travel from the facial nerve to the auriculotemporal nerve.
I think I'm thoroughly befuddled. Isn't the auriculotemporal nerve a sensory nerve arising from the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve?
So does this ask about 1) the motor branches of the facial nerve coming out of the stylomastoid foramen or 2) the motor branches of the trigeminal coming out of the foramen ovale to the anterior digastric or 3) the sensory branches of the maxillary (V3) division going to the auriculotemporal?