Exam 3: Parotid Region Flashcards
Superior boundary of parotid region
Zygomatic arch and TMJ
Ant boundary of parotid region
Ramus of mandible
Post boundary of parotid region
EAM
Styloid process
Mastoid process
Medial boundary of parotid region
Post belly digastric
Muscles originating from styloid process
Characteristics of parotid gland
Lobulated
Yellowish
Encapsulated
Exocrine gland
Muscle stensen’s duct penetrates
Buccinator
Tooth stensen’s duct opens near
2nd maxillary molar
Arteries embedded within parotid gland
External carotid artery
Post auricular artery
Internal maxillary artery
Superficial temporal artery
What vein formed within parotid gland
Retromandibular vein
Within parotid gland what branches of facial nerve are given off
Post auricular
Digastric
Stylohyoid
Forms facial nerve plexus
Within parotid gland what does facial nerve form
Facial nerve plexus
What branch of facial nerve penetrates parotid gland, but not given off within in
Chorda tympani nerve
What branches of mandibular division of trigeminal nerve are given off within parotid gland
Auriculotemporal and lingual nerves
Sensory Innervation of parotid region derived from
Greater auricular nerve ventral rami C2, C3
How will S reach submandibular and sublingual salivary glands
Neurovascular plexus around facial A
What CN involved in PS pathway to submandibular and sublingual salivary glands
Branches of facial nerve and mandibular division of trigeminal
Which branch of 7th CN will convey preganglionic PS visceral efferent fibers from temporal bone in pathway to submandibular and sublingual salivary glands
Chorda tympani nerve
Chorda tympani nerve will join which nerve
Lingual nerve of mandibular divison trigmeinal
PS VE fibers will synapse in which ganglion along pathway to submandilbar and sublingual salivary glands
Submandibular ganglion
What CN will be utilized in PS innervation of parotid gland
Glossopharyngeal and trigeminal
How will S innervate parotid salivary gland
Neurovascular plexus around external carotid artery
PS EF from 9th CN will synapse in which ganglion
Otic Ganglion or Arnold’s ganglion
Which branches of trigeminal nerve will carry PS EF
All three
S pathway to parotid gland will involve what neural components
Spinal nerves and neurovascular plexus around blood vessels
O for S pathway to parotid gland
Lateral horn T1, T2
S fibers synapse in which ganglion in pathway to parotid gland
Superior cervical ganglion
