The great auricular nerve; does it penetrate the parotid gland? An anatomical and microscopical study

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 318-321

  Zohar, Yuval ^a   Siegal, Annette ^b   Siegal, Gil ^c   Halpern, Marisa ^b   Levy, Birtolon ^d   Gal, Rivka ^b  

^a Clinic of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREAT AURICULAR NERVE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; PAROTID GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND DUCT; SPINAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0036772717     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-5182(02)90287-8     Document Type: Article

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