The following statements concerning chorda tympani nerve are true except that it?: (A) Carries secretomotor fibers to submandibular gland, (B) Joins lingual nerve in infratemporal fossa, (C) Is a branch of facial nerve, (D) Contains postganglionic parasympathetic fibers
Answer is D. Chorda tympani nerve contains preganglionic parasympathetic fibers, not parasympathetic fibers. It synapses in the submandibular ganglion.