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Head&Neck Glands

Dental Anatomy DENT-110

GlandLocationInnervationDrainageBlood supply/return
Lacrimal gland with lacrimal ducts lacrimal fossa of frontal bone Greter petrosal of facial nerve, pterygopalatine ganglion, branches of maxillary and opthalmic divisions of trigeminal nerve superficial and parotid nodes; ultimately drains to inferior nasal meatus Lacrimal artery/ superior opthalmic vein
Parotid salivary gland with parotid duct Parotid space posterior to mandibular ramus, anterior and inferior to ear Lesser petrosal of ninth cranial nerve, otic ganglion, auriculotemporal nerve of mandibular division of trigeminal nerve deep parotid nodes External Carotid artery/retromandibular vein
Submandibular salivary gland with submandibular duct submandibular space inferior and posterior to the body of the mandible chorda tympani nerve of facial nerve, submandibular ganglion, lingual nerve of mandibular region of trigeminal nerve submandibular nodes Branches of facial and lingual arteries/Mainly facial vein
Sublingual salivary gland with ducts of rivinus and or sublingual ducts sublingual space inferior to tongue, medial to body of mandible chorda tympani nerve of facial nerve, submandibular ganglion, lingual nerve of mandibular division of trigeminal nerve Submandibular nodes submental and sublingual arteries/parallel veinous return
Minor salivary glands with ducts Buccal. labial and lingual mucosa: soft and hard palate; floor of mouth; and base of circumvallate lingual papillae various nerves depending on location various nodes depending on location depending on location
Thyroid gland inferior to hyoid bone, junction of larynx and trachea cervical sympathetic ganglia superor deep cervical nodes superior and inferior thyroid ateries, possibly thyroid ima atertery/superior, inferior and middle thyriod veins
Parathyroid glands close to or within thyroid gland cervical sympathetic ganglia superior deep cervical nodes Superior and inferior thyroid arteries, possibly thyroid ima artery/superior, middle and inferior thyroid veins
Thymus gland In thorax, inferior to hyoid bone, superficial and lateral to trachea, deep to sternum vagus nerve and cervical spinal nerves within gland inferior thyrioid and internal thoracic arteries/veins in posterior of gland that run directly into brachiocephalic veins
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