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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2008

A 38 y.o. patient applied to a hospital and complained that she had lost sensation of food touching anterior 2/3 of her tongue as well as pain and temperature sensation (burned her tongue with hot tea) after an acute viral respiratory disease. It is caused by the damage of the following nerve branch:

Answer options

  1. Superior laryngeal nerve of a vagus
  2. Tympanichord of a facial nerve
  3. Lingual branches of a glossopharyngeal nerve
  4. Lingual nerve of a mandibular branch of a trifacial nerve
  5. Lingual nerves of a sublingual nerve
Correct answer

Lingual nerve of a mandibular branch of a trifacial nerve

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