name	parotid_gland
namespace	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de#
parent	 serous_gland 
parent	 major_salivary_glands 
ACC []	cy0000364
label [med]	Glandula parotidea
comment [en]	The largest of the salivary glands, one of two compound acinous glands situated inferior and anterior to the ear, on either side, extending from the angle of the jaw to the zygomatic arch and posteriorly to the sternocleidomastoid muscle; it is subdivided into a superficial part and a deep part by emerging branches of the facial nerve, and discharges through the parotid duct
comment [de]	vor der Ohrmuschel und dem äußeren Gehörgang sowie hinter dem Unterkieferast gelegene seröse Speicheldrüse; ihr Hauptausführungsgang mündet auf der Papilla parotidea
organNo []	749
speciesNo []	86
label [en]	parotid gland
label [de]	Ohrspeicheldrüse
nameMedicineSynonym []	Parotis
hasPart	accessory_parotid
hasPart	parotid_duct
isPartOf	major_salivary_glands
isInnervatedBy	glossopharyngeal_nerve_IX
hasCell	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#IgA_plasma_cell
hasCell	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#fibrocyte
locationOf	intraglandular_lymph_nodes_of_parotid
hasCell	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#mast_cell
hasCell	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#macrophage
hasCell	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#lymphocyte
hasCell	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#histiocyte
hasPart	deep_part_of_parotid_gland
hasPart	superficial_part_of_parotid_gland
hasCell	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#fibroblast