Lab 22 - Image 8
Lateral view of superficial salivary glands. The parotid salivary gland (1) surrounds the external ear canal (2) and sends a parotid duct (3) toward the vestibule. It empties beside the upper fourth premolar. The mandibular salivary gland (4) is located where the maxillary v. (5) and linguofacial v. (6) join to form the external jugular v. (7). The monostomatic sublingual salivary gland (8) is located just rostral to the mandibular salivary gland. Notice the mandibular lymph nodes (9) flanking the facial v. (10), which joins the lingual v. (11) to form the lingouofacial v. Branches of the facial n. are evident (asterisks).