The tensor tympani muscle is inseed to the handle of malleus. The nerve supply to tensor tympani is?: (A) Vagus nerve, (B) Glossopharyngeal nerve, (C) Trigeminal nerve, (D) Facial nerve
Answer is C. The motor pure branches of mandibular division of trigeminal nerve: Masseteric nerve (masseter muscle) Deep temporal nerves (temporalis muscle) Pterygoid nerves (pterygoid muscles) Nerve of the tensor tympani muscle Nerve to the tensor veli palatini muscle