Dryness of mouth with facial nerve injury - site of lesion is at: (A) Chorda tympani Nerve, (B) Cerebellopontine angle, (C) Geniculate ganglion, (D) Concussion of tympanic membrane
Answer is A. Chorda tympani nerve carries secretomotor fibres to submandibular and sublingual salivary glands. Ref: Dhingra 6th edition Pgs. 90, 97