Salivary Glands

Question 0

Parotid gland salivary duct

Answer 0

Crosses masseter, pierces the buccinator and drains adjacent to the 2nd upper molar tooth (stensen duct)

Question 1

Location of parotid gland

Answer 1

Overlying mandibular ramus

Anterior and inferior to ear

Question 2

Structure passing through the parotid gland

Answer 2

1. Facial nerve - temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, cervical)
2. External carotid artery
3. Retromandibular vein
4. Auricotemporal nerve

Question 3

Relations of parotid gland

Answer 3

Anterior - masseter, medial pterygoid, superficial temporal and maxillary artery, facial nerve, stylomandibular ligament
Posterior - posterior belly of digastric, SCM, internal carotid, mastoid process, styloid process

Question 4

Arterial supply of parotid

Answer 4

External carotid

Question 5

Venous drainage of parotid gland

Answer 5

Retromandibular vein

Question 6

Lymphatic drainage of parotid gland

Answer 6

Deep cervical nodes

Question 7

Innervation of parotid

Answer 7

Parasympathetic - sacretomotor
Sympathetic - superior cervical ganglion
Sensory - greater Auricular nerve