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Descriptor English: Parotid Gland
Descriptor Spanish: Glándula Parótida
Descriptor glándula parótida
Entry term(s) parótida
Scope note: Glándula salivar de mayor tamaño, en número par, que se sitúa a cada lado de la cara, inmediatamente por debajo y delante del oído externo. La parte principal de la glándula es superficial, algo aplanada y con forma de cuadrilátero, y se sitúa entre la rama del maxilar inferior, la apófisis mastoides y el músculo esternocleidomastoideo. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.593)
Descriptor Portuguese: Glândula Parótida
Descriptor French: Glande parotide
Entry term(s): Gland, Parotid
Glands, Parotid
Parotid Glands
Tree number(s): A03.556.500.760.464
A10.336.779.464
A14.549.760.464
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010306
Scope note: The largest of the three pairs of SALIVARY GLANDS. They lie on the sides of the FACE immediately below and in front of the EAR.
Annotation: inflammation = PAROTITIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 10496
Unique ID: D010306
NLM Classification: WI 230
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Parotid Gland - Preferred
Concept UI M0015974
Scope note The largest of the three pairs of SALIVARY GLANDS. They lie on the sides of the FACE immediately below and in front of the EAR.
Preferred term Parotid Gland
Entry term(s) Gland, Parotid
Glands, Parotid
Parotid Glands



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