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Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland.

Situated near the ear; - applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear.

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland.

Situated near the ear; - applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear.

A salivary gland below and in front of the ear.

Pertaining to, or near, this gland.

Near the ear. Applied to a gland beneath the ear.

A salivary gland below the ear.

The largest of the salivary glands, seated under the ear, and near the angle of the lower jaw. It is composed of many separate lobes, giving rise to excretory ducts, which unite to form one canal, called the Parotid duct, Steno's canal,-the Ductus superior or Superior salivary canal, of some. This duct, after having advanced horizontally into the substance of the cheek, proceeds through an opening in the buccinator muscle, and terminates in the mouth opposite the second upper molaris. About the middle of its course, it sometimes receives the excretory duct of a glandular body, situate in its vicinity, and called the Accessory Gland of the Parotid, Socia Parotidis, Glandula socia parotidis. In the substance of the parotid are found-a number of branches of the facial nerve, of the transverse arteries of the face, and the posterior auricular. It receives, also, some filaments from the inferior maxillary nerve, and from the ascending branches of the superficial cervical plexus. Its lymphatic vessels are somewhat numerous, and pass into ganglions situate at its surface or behind the angle of the jaw. The parotid secretes saliva, and pours it copiously into the mouth.

Situated near the ear.

n. [Greek] The salivary gland situated nearest the ear.