KROK 1 2017 – Question 199 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
Due to trauma the patient presents with disturbed function of the parotid gland. What nerve ensures its secretion function?
- A. N. auricularis major
- B. N. petrosus major
- C. N. petrosus profundus
- D. N. auricularis minor
- E. N. petrosus minor
Hint
Parotid secretion is a parasympathetic function, so work out which cranial nerve supplies it and by what route its fibres reach the gland.
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