Glands And Associated Structres Flashcards
Largest salivary gland
Parotid gland
In cheek
What salivary duct is paired with the parotid gland?
Stensen’s duct
Which duct is paired with the submandibular salivary gland?
Wharton duct
Which duct is paired with the sublingual salivary glands?
Bartholin’s duct
Lymph nodes located anterior to the ear
Preauricular lymph nodes
Lymph nodes located posterior to the ear
Post auricular lymph nodes
Lymph nodes on the back of the head
Occipital lymph nodes
Glands
Structures that produce chemical secretions necessary for normal body function
Glandular tissue of the head and neck include:
Lacrimal Salivary (major and minor) Thyroid Parathyroid Thymus
Gland types
Exocrine
Endocrine
Exocrine glands
Having a duct, secretions travel through the ducts
Duct
Passageway for secretion to be emptied directly into the location where it is needed
Endocrine
Ductless, secretions enters blood directly, then carried to region where it is needed
Motor/efferent nerves
Regulate the flow of secretions
Autonomic nervous system controls this:
Sympathetic decreases secretions
Parasympathetic increases secretions
Sensory/afferent nerves
Pain, touch, and proprioception
Special sensory/afferent nerves
Tongue/taste
Lacrimal gland
Paired exocrine glands, produces lacrimal fluid or tears
Located in the lacrimal Fosse of the frontal bone superiolateral to the eye
What innervates the lacrimal gland’s?
Motor- Greater petrosal nerve
Sensory- Lacrimal nerve, branch of ophthalmic
Blood supply- lacrimal artery, branch of ophthalmic artery
Lymphatics of the lacrimal gland
Drained by superficial parotid lymph nodes
Secretions of the lacrimal gland
Fluid leaves the gland through 8 to 12 fine tubules
Lachrymal fluid lubricates conjunctiva lining of eyelids in front of eyeball
Nasolacrimal sac- thin walled structure behind medial canthus. Fluid drained through lacrimal puncta and enters the sac
Nasolacrimal duct
Located at the junction of the lacrimal and maxillary bones
Drains fluid from nasal lacrimal sac into inferior nasal Conchea via inferior nasal meatus into the nasal cavity
Parotid salivary gland
Largest, bilateral, and capsulated major salivary gland
Located in the parotid facial space, behind ramus, in front of and below the ear and extends irregularly from the zygomatic arch to the angle of the mandible
Superficial lobe- Posterior and inferior to the zygomatic arch
Deep lobe- Extends close to muscles of the pharynx
Secretions of the parotid salivary gland
Pure Sarah’s fluid. Produces 25 to 30% of total salary volume
Which duct drains the parotid salivary gland?
Stensen’s duct
Emerges from the glands anterior border. Opens opposite the second maxillary molar
Parotid papilla
Small elevation of tissue that marks the opening of the Stenson duct on buckle mucosa opposite the maxillary second molar
Innervation of the parotid gland
Motor/efferent- glossopharyngeal nerve
Sensory/afferent- auriculotemporal nerve
Facial nerve travels through the gland but does not innervate this gland