| 1. | The nasal glands are innervated with secretomotor from the greater petrosal nerve.
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| 2. | Preganglionic parasympathetic fibres exit the geniculate ganglion as the greater petrosal nerve.
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| 3. | The first is the greater petrosal nerve and the second is the chorda tympani.
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| 4. | This plexus gives off the lesser petrosal nerve.
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| 5. | The lesser petrosal nerve provides autonomic parasympathetic fibers that eventually innervate the parotid gland.
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| 6. | The visceral motor fibers pass through this plexus and merge to become the lesser petrosal nerve.
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| 7. | Some of the fibres from the internal carotid plexus converge to form the deep petrosal nerve.
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| 8. | The greater petrosal nerve, which carries preganglionic parasympathetic fibers, emerges from the anterior aspect of the ganglion.
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| 9. | The lesser petrosal nerve then travels anteriorly from the hiatus toward the foramen ovale, through which it exits the cranial cavity.
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| 10. | The tympanic plexus of nerves rejoin and form the lesser petrosal nerve and exit through the foramen ovale to synapse at the otic ganglion.
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