Multiple choice

The following statements concerning chorda tympani nerve are true, except that it

  1. carries secretomotor fibres to submandibular gland

  2. joins lingual nerve infratemporal fossa

  3. is a branch of facial nerve

  4. contains postganglionic parasympathetic fibres

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D Correct answer
Explanation

It contains efferent preganglionic parasympathetic (secretomotor) fibres which enter the submandibular ganglion, from which postganglionic fibres are relayed to submandibular and sublingual glands.