Anatomy
The word 'parotid' (paraotic) literally means around the ear.
The parotid glands are a pair of serous salivary glands located below and in front of the external acoustic meatus draining their secretions into the vestibule of oral cavity through stensen's duct. They are the largest major salivary glands of the human body.
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“I love to see, when leaves depart,
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)