Nerve to the stapedius

Nerve to the stapedius
Details
From	facial nerve
Innervates	Stapedius
Identifiers
Latin	nervus stapedius
Dorlands /Elsevier	n_05/12566754
TA	A14.2.01.101
FMA	53275
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy*

The Nerve to the Stapedius (tympanic branch) arises opposite the pyramidal eminence.

It passes through a small canal in this eminence to reach the stapedius muscle.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (VII)

near origin	intermediate nerve geniculate
inside facial canal	greater petrosal pterygopalatine ganglion nerve to the stapedius chorda tympani lingual nerve submandibular ganglion
at stylomastoid foramen	posterior auricular suprahyoid digastric stylohyoid parotid plexus temporal zygomatic buccal mandibular cervical
Nuclei	Facial motor nucleus Solitary nucleus Superior salivary nucleus

before jugular fossa	ganglia superior inferior
after jugular fossa	tympanic tympanic plexus lesser petrosal otic ganglion stylopharyngeal branch pharyngeal branches tonsillar branches lingual branches carotid sinus
Nuclei	Nucleus ambiguus Inferior salivatory nucleus Solitary nucleus

before jugular fossa	ganglia superior inferior
after jugular fossa	meningeal branch auricular branch
neck	pharyngeal branch pharyngeal plexus superior laryngeal external internal recurrent laryngeal (inferior) superior cervical cardiac
thorax	inferior cardiac pulmonary vagal trunks anterior posterior
abdomen	celiac renal hepatic anterior gastric posterior gastric
Nuclei	Nucleus ambiguus Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve Solitary nucleus

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