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right parotid duct

Digestive

3D model: right parotid duct
right parotid duct
3D models: Z-Anatomy - The libre 3D atlas of anatomy - CC-BY-SA 4.0 (https://github.com/Z-Anatomy/Models-of-human-anatomy), by Gauthier Kervyn and contributors; derived from BodyParts3D - The Database Center for Life Science - CC-BY-SA 2.1 Japan; Z-Anatomy states that models "Brainder" (A. Winkler, CC BY-SA 3.0) and "Cranial Nerves and Foramina" (University of Dundee, CAHID, CC BY 4.0) were used as reference/included and adapted. Converted to compressed glTF (curves as tubes, simplified, inner ear and kidney models left out) by the 3D Anatomy project; licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Definition

The main excretory tubular canal that connects the parotid gland and the buccal mucosa and secretes a serous saliva into the vestibule of the oral cavity; it arises from the anterior surface of the gland, traversing the masseter muscle; the duct then pierces the buccinator muscle, moving medially, and opens out into the oral cavity near the second upper molar; saliva produced by acinar secretory cells in the glandular body flows sequentially through the intercalated ducts, striated ducts, and excretory ducts.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

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