Vidian Nerve and the Eustachian Tube
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
- Vol. 85 (1) , 83-85
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000348947608500114
Abstract
The vidian nerve was stimulated electrically in the dog and this resulted in a reduced patency of the Eustachian tube. The effect was atropine resistant. This physiological evidence in the dog corresponds to anatomical evidence in man of a parasympathetic, vasodilator nerve bundle passing through the vidian to the sphenopalatine ganglion and then via the pharyngeal nerve to the Eustachian tube mucosa. Additional parasympathetic routes to the tube may exist.Keywords
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