Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
Varying relations, each of which has been described as commonly prevailing, between the parotid gland and the facial nerve. In a, b, and c the nerve is shown passing between deep and superficial lobes of the gland, but the relationship of these lobes is variously depicted: a shows superficial and deep lobes united above, so that the gland is essentially folded over the nerve; b shows the two lobes united by an isthmus; c shows a combination of a and b. In d and its subnumbers is shown the relationship according to McKenzie: gland and nerve intertwined, with no superficial and deep lobes, and the relationship varying according to the plane of section.
(Redrawn from McKenzie, J.: J. Anat. 82:183, 1948.)
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