The chorda tympani innervates the fungiform papillae on the tongue.
This takeover of space by the chorda tympani is believed to be the nerve reverting to its original state before competition and pruning.
These cells are shown to synapse upon the chorda tympani and glossopharyngeal nerves to send their signals to the brain.
Facial sweating during salivation has also been described in diabetes mellitus, cluster headache, following chorda tympani injury, and following facial herpes zoster.
The fibers of the chorda tympani travel with the lingual nerve to the submandibular ganglion.
Damage to the peripheral nerves, along with injury to the chorda tympani branch of the facial nerve, also cause dysgeusia.
The first is the greater petrosal nerve and the second is the chorda tympani.
These are the horizontal and "chorda tympani" branches of the facial nerve.
