PAROTID GLAND DESCRIBE PAROTID GLAND UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS (A)SURFACES, (B)BORDERS, (C)RELATIONS AND DUCT(D)CONTENTS (E)BLOOD AND NERVE SUPPLY (F)APPLIED ANATOMY(LE) It is the largest of the salivary glands Situated below the external acoustic meatus between the ramus of mandible and the sternocleidomastoid Capsule: Investing layer of deep cervical fascia Superficial lamina- thick and adherent to gland Deep lamina-thin Stylomandibular ligament (A)EXTERNAL FEATURES: Gland resembles 3 sided pyramids Apex directed downwards 4 surfaces- Superior (base) Superficial Anteromedial Posteromedial (B)BORDERS Anterior Posterior Medial (C)RELATIONS Apex Overlaps Posterior belly of digastric Cervical branch of facial nerve Retromandibular vein. Superior surface Cartilagenous part of external auditory canal Temporomandibular joint Superficial temporal vessels Auriculotemporal nerve. Superficial surface Largest...
