JDR JDR Most Cited Articles
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Espin-Ferra, J.
Right arrow Articles by Barranco-Zafra, R. J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Espin-Ferra, J.
Right arrow Articles by Barranco-Zafra, R. J.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol 70, 1035-1040, Copyright © 1991 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals

ARTICLES

Relationships between the parotid gland and the facial nerve during human development

J. Espin-Ferra, J. A. Merida-Velasco, J. D. Garcia-Garcia, I. Sanchez-Montesinos and R. J. Barranco-Zafra
Departamento Ciencias Morfologicas, Facultad de Medicina, Granada, Spain.

A correlation was sought between the organization of the parotid gland and the formation of the large vessels and nerves that passed through the glands of 12 human embryos and 12 human fetuses. There was no evidence that the gland became a bilobate structure as a result of the course of the facial nerve, whose interglandular branches were surrounded during development by the multidirectional ramifications of the expanding parotid anlage.




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
IADR Journals Advances in Dental Research ®
Journal of Dental Research ® Critical Reviews (1990-2004)
Copyright © 1991 Institutional Access Guidelines