A 45-year-old woman is evaluated in the office for painful swelling in the tongue. She does not have any previous medical or surgical history. She had unprotected sexual intercourse in the last month. Physical examination shows swelling on the median sulcus 2-cm anterior to the foramen cecum. The pain from this swelling is mediated by which of the following nerves?

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Eductional Objective: Taste sensation in the anterior 2/3 of the tongue is mediated by the chorda tympani branch of the facial nerve. While the general sensation from the anterior 2/3 is mediated by the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve.

A 45-Year-Old Woman Is Evaluated in the Office for Painful