Salivary Glands

Question 1

What nervous system control salivation

Answer 1

Autonomic nervous system

Question 2

What type of saliva do sympathetics produce

Answer 2

thicker, sticky saliva - fight or flight response

Question 3

What type of saliva do parasympathetics produce

Answer 3

runny saliva - rest and digest

Question 4

what are sympathetics delivered to the salivary gland via?

Answer 4

via the periarterial plexus - intertwining network of sympathetic nerves which travel to the salivary glands on the surface of the arteries

Question 5

what are parasympathetics delivered to the salivary glabds via?

Answer 5

via cranial nerves (CNVII and CNIX)

Question 6

Stimulatory and inhibitory factors act on which part of the brain stem?

Answer 6

the medulla

Question 7

what are the 3 bilateral pairs of major salivary glands

Answer 7

parotid - near the ear
submandibular - under the mandible
sublingual - under the tongue

Question 8

where does the parotid gland drain into the oral cavity

Answer 8

drains near the upper 7 via the parotid papilla

Question 9

where does the submandibular gland drain into the oral cavity?

Answer 9

the sublingual caruncle

Question 10

where does the sublingual gland drain into the oral cavity

Answer 10

via the sublingual fold

Question 11

what is the largest salivary gland

Answer 11

the parotid gland

Question 12

what type of saliva does the parotid gland primarily secrete

Answer 12

serous gland rich in amylase

Question 13

what are the contents of the parotid region?

Answer 13

• facial nerve plexus
• retromandibular vein (superficial temporal and maxillary vein)
• external carotid artery (superficial temporal and maxillary artery)