KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 12 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 39-year-old patient consulted a dentist about having a dry area of the oral mucosa beneath the tongue on the right. The dentist revealed a compression of chorda tympani as it exits to the right infratemporal fossa through the following fissura:
- A. Petrooccipitalis
- B. Sphenopetrosa
- C. Petrosquamosa
- D. Tympanomastoidea
- E. Petrotympanica
Hint
Trace the chorda tympani from the tympanic cavity and recall the fissure near the mandibular fossa through which it leaves the skull.
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