Abstract
The parotid gland does not have a constant size and shape and relationship to the facial nerve. It consists of two glandular masses, one lying on the masseter muscle and the other in the pterygoid space to a varying depth. These two masses are connected by a glandular bridge, either wide or narrow, which lies on the posterior border of the mandible. The course of the facial nerve may be through this connecting bridge or it may pass to one side or a branch may pass on either side. In passing forward, the nerve branches may lie wholly within the glandular mass on the masseter, wholly beneath it or partly within it and partly beneath it.
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