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What structures are included in the parotid region?
What structures are included in the parotid region?
- Vestibulocochlear nerve and subclavian artery
- Facial nerve (CN VII) and optic nerve
- External carotid artery and retromandibular vein (correct)
- Olfactory nerve and maxillary artery
What borders bound the parotid region inferiorly?
What borders bound the parotid region inferiorly?
- Angle and inferior border of the mandible (correct)
- Temporalis muscle and zygomatic arch
- External ear and sternocleidomastoid muscle
- Mandibular notch and coronoid process
What structures leave through the anterior border of the parotid gland in a radiating manner?
What structures leave through the anterior border of the parotid gland in a radiating manner?
- Lingual nerve branches
- Facial nerve branches (correct)
- Glossopharyngeal nerve branches
- Hypoglossal nerve branches
What pattern is known as 'pes anserinus' in the context of the parotid region?
What pattern is known as 'pes anserinus' in the context of the parotid region?
Which structure passes horizontally from the anterior edge of the parotid gland?
Which structure passes horizontally from the anterior edge of the parotid gland?
Is the parotid region the anterolateral part of the facial region?
Is the parotid region the anterolateral part of the facial region?
The parotid region is bounded superiorly by the zygomatic arch.
The parotid region is bounded superiorly by the zygomatic arch.
The parotid plexus of the facial nerve is part of the parotid region.
The parotid plexus of the facial nerve is part of the parotid region.
The parotid duct passes vertically from the anterior edge of the parotid gland.
The parotid duct passes vertically from the anterior edge of the parotid gland.
The parotid sheath includes parotid lymph nodes.
The parotid sheath includes parotid lymph nodes.
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