Lacrimal Gland
The location of the lacrimal glands and lacrimal ducts?
Lacrimal fossa of frontal bone
What are the three major salivary glands?
Parotid, submandibular, and sublingual
What does the thyroid gland produce and secrete?
Secretes Thyroxine
Which hormone does the parathyroid gland secrete?
parathyroid hormone
Which cells mature in the thymus gland in response to thymus hormones?
T Cell lymphocytes and white blood cells
The lacrimal gland ultimately drain into
Inferior nasal meatus
Where does the lymph drain from the parotid salivary glands?
Deep parotid nodes
What is the function of thyroxine?
Stimulates the metabolic rate for the body
What does the parathyroid gland regulate?
Calcium and phosphorous levels
What happens to the thymus gland as you begin to mature?
Stops growing after puberty and starts to shrink and nearly disappears at adulthood
The lacrimal gland is innervated by which cranial nerves?
Greater petrosal of seventh cranial nerve and lacrimal nerve (V1)
What nerve innervates the submandibular and sublingual glands?
Chorda tympani nerve of the seventh cranial nerve
What connects the two lateral lobes of the thyroid gland?
The isthmus
Where is the parathyroid gland located?
The parathyroid is composed 4 individual glands within the thyroid gland; located on the posterior surface
Name a difference in an extraoral exam between the thyroid and thymus?
The thymus may not be palpated but the thyroid is easily palpated.
Blood supple to the lacrimal gland
lacrimal artery, superior opthalmic vein
What is the blood supply for the parotid salivary glands?
Branches of external carotid artery; Retromandibular vein
Where is the location of thyroid glands?
Inferior to the hyoid, junction of the larynx and trachea
What nerve innervates the parathyroid gland?
Cervical, sympathetic ganglia
Where is the location of the thymus gland?
IN thorax, inferior hyoid bone, superficial and lateral to trachea, deep to sternum
Why does the nose run when you cry?
lacrimal fluid passes over the surface of the eye into the nasolacrimal sac then continues into the nasolacrimal duct , draining into the inferior nasal meatus
What is the location of the minor salivary glands?
Buccal, Labial, Lingual mucosa, soft and hard palate, floor of mouth, base of circumvallate lingual papillae.
Where is the blood supply for the thyroid gland?
Superior and inferior thyroid arteries, possible thyroid ima artery, superior middle and inferior thyroid veins
True or False: The parathyroid gland has the same lymphatic drainage and blood supply as the thyroid gland?
True
Where is the blood supply of the thymus gland?
Inferior to thyroid and internal thoracic artery; Vein in the posterior surface of gland that run directly into innominate vein