The parotid duct or Stensen duct is a salivary duct. It is the route that saliva takes from the major salivary gland, the parotid gland, into the mouth...

the salivary glands. Each parotid is wrapped around the mandibular ramus, and secretes serous saliva through the parotid duct into the mouth, to facilitate...

has also fallen out of favour.[citation needed] Blockage of the main parotid duct, or one of its branches, is often a primary cause of acute parotitis...

It is about 5 cm long, and its wall is much thinner than that of the parotid duct. It drains saliva from each bilateral submandibular gland and sublingual...

columnar. Striated ducts are part of the intralobular ducts. They are found in the submandibular gland, sublingual duct, and the parotid gland, but are more...

glands that produce saliva through a system of ducts. Humans have three paired major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular, and sublingual), as well as...

test is intended to detect any blockage in the salivary gland ducts (i.e. parotid duct) and the amount of saliva that flows into the mouth. For Sjögren's...

duct is a duct which brings saliva from a salivary gland to part of the digestive tract. In human anatomy there are: Parotid duct Submandibular duct Major...

The anterior lobe of the buccal fat surrounds the parotid duct, which conveys saliva from the parotid gland to the mouth. It is a triangular mass with...

facial trauma is not common. Incising wounds of the face may involve the parotid duct. This is more likely if the wound crosses a line drawn between the tragus...