Parasympathetic fibers - The superior salivatory nucleus contains parasympathetic axons within the intermediate nerve. - These fibers reach the geniculate ganglion but do not synapse. - Some preganglionic fibers persist within the greater petrosal nerve and synapse with neurons in the pterygopalatine ganglion. - Postganglionic neurons from the pterygopalatine ganglion provide parasympathetic innervation to the lacrimal gland. - Parasympathetic innervation to the lacrimal gland is facilitated by a communicating branch from the zygomatic nerve to the lacrimal nerve of cranial nerve V.

Sensory fibers - The sensory component of the intermediate nerve carries input about sensation from the skin of the external auditory meatus. - It also carries sensory information from the mucous membranes of the nasopharynx and nose. - Taste input from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue, floor of the mouth, and soft palate is transmitted through the chorda tympani nerve and lingual nerve. - The geniculate ganglion contains the cell bodies of the sensory component of the nervus intermedius. - Nervus intermedius neuralgia is a pain syndrome associated with the nervus intermedius.

References - Chern, Kenneth C.; Wright, Kenneth Weston (2004-01-01). Review Questions in Ophthalmology: A Question and Answer Book. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 9780781752039. - M.D, Parviz Janfaza (2011-06-15). Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674417830. - Hewer, E. E.; Sandes, G. M. (2013-10-22). An Introduction to the Study of the Nervous System. Elsevier. ISBN 9781483195193. - Alfieri, Alex. (2012). Der Nervus Intermedius Ein eigenständiger Hirnnerv? (1. Aufled.). Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften. ISBN 9783838110714. OCLC 864033849.

Anatomy figure - Anatomy figure: 25:03-13 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20130930044559/https://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/15Salivatory.html

External links - Anatomy figure: 25:03-13 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20130930044559/https://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/15Salivatory.html