Relationships Flashcards
Submandibular gland wraps around
SM gland wraps around the posterior boder of mylohyoid
Facial artery crosses between
Submandibular gland and mandible
Facial vein is ____ to the ____ gland
Facial vein is superficial to SM gland
SM duct lies alongn
SM duct lies along the sublingual gland
SM duct enters oral cavity
SM duct enters at sublingual papilla
What nerve loops under the SM duct
The lingual nerve loops under the SM duct
What nerve innervates SM duct
Nerve 7 via chorda tympani
Where is the sublingual gland located
- Lateral to SM duct, between sublingual fossa of mandible and genioglossus
What does the sublingual gland create
Forms the sublingual fold
Sublingual gland innervation
CN 7 chorda tympani
Parotid gland lies in
extends
- Lies in parotid bed
- Extend to inf border of mandible to zygomatic
What passes through the parotid gland
Facial n. splits into 2 regions
ECA
Retromandibular vein
Parotid duct
location in gland
Relation to muscle
Pierces
Opens into oral cavity
- In deep lobe
- Superficial to masseter
- Pierces buccinator
- Opens into oral cavity near 2 maxillary molar
Innervationon of parotid
CN 9
What 3 things pass superficial to masseter
Parotid duct and gland
Tranverse facial artery
Branches of CN 7
Medial pterygoid contacts 5
- Parotid gland
- Inferior alveolar artery
- Lingual nerve
- Chorda tumpani nerve
- Deepest muscle of mastication, hit dring IA