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Delineation of the superficial and deep lobes of the parotid gland. (A) At the skull base, the boundary is the line from the stylomastoid foramen to the posterior border of the mandible. (B) When the stylomastoid foramen disappears, the boundary becomes the line from the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle to the anterior border of the mandible.
