Anatomy- The SALIVARY GLANDS Flashcards
What is the Largest Salivary Gland?
PAROTID GLAND
What percentage of TOTAL SALIVA is produced by the PAROTID GLANDS?
20%
What TYPE of SALIVA is produced by the PAROTID GLAND?
SEROUS SALIVA
What STRUCTURES pass Through the PAROTID GLAND?
- FACIAL NERVE
- EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
- RETROMANDIBULAR VEIN
What is the ARTERIAL SUPPLY of the PAROTID GLAND?
Where do these ARTERIES COME FROM?
- POSTERIOR AURICULAR ARTERY
- SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY
These Arteries are Branches of the EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
What is the VENOUS DRAINAGE of the PAROTID GLAND?
Where does this VEIN Drain?
RETROMANDIBULAR VEIN
Vein DRAINS into the EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN
Where does the EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN Drain?
SUBCLAVIAN VEIN
Where does the SUBCLAVIAN VEIN DRAIN?
BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN
Where does the BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN DRAIN?
SUPERIOR VENA CAVA
BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN
What is the SENSORY INNERVATION of the PAROTID GLAND?
Gland: AURICULOTEMPORAL NERVE
Fascia: GREAT AURICULAR NERVE
Where does the AURICULOTEMPORAL NERVE come from?
Branch of MANDIBULAR NERVE
DIVISION of the TRIGEMINAL NERVE
Where does the GREAT AURICULAR NERVE come from?
C2 and C3 SPINAL NERVES
What NERVE supplies the PREGANGLIONIC PARASYMPATHETIC NERVES to the PAROTID GLAND?
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE
Where does the GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL synapse with the AURICULOTEMPORAL NERVE?
OTTIC GANGLION
Parasympathetic Nerve Supply to the PAROTID GLAND
