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Sunday, May 25, 2014
Saturday, April 5, 2014
A Note on Muscles of the Face and Scalp.....With A Video
uscles of the Facial Expression
Muscles of Facial Expression are unique in that they migrate to their destinations about the scalp, neck, and mostly about the face from second pharyngeal arch mesenchyme and thus receive their motor innervation via the facial nerve (CN VII), the nerve of the second arch. Although most of these muscles originate on bone, most do not insert on...
A NOTE ON ANATOMY OF PAROTID GLAND
Parotid gland
The parotid gland is the largest of the salivary glands.
The parotid, a serous compound tubulo-alveolar gland, is yellowish, lobulated, and irregular in shape.
It occupies the interval between the sternomastoid muscle and the mandible.
Average Wt - 25gm (varies in weight from 14 to 28 gm)
Surface anatomy
The parotid gland lies inferior to the zygomatic arch,...
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