Lacrimation is lost in lesion of?
Correct Answer: Greater petrosal nerve
Description: Greater petrosal nerve Lacrimal gland is supplied by the lacrimal nerve which is both sensory and secretomotor.The secretomotor fibres to the gland runs as follows: Lacrimatory nucleus (or superior salivatory nucleus) nervusintermedius -4 geniculate ganglion greater petrosal nerve --> nerve of the pterygoid canal --> pterygopalatine ganglion (relay of secretomotor fibres) --> zygomatic nerve -4 zygomaticotemporal branch --> lacrimal nerve --> lacrimal gland.
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