The main excretory tubular canal that connects the parotid gland and the buccal mucosa and secretes a serous saliva into the vestibule of the oral cavity; it arises from the anterior surface of the gland, traversing the masseter muscle; the duct then pierces the buccinator muscle, moving medially, and opens out into the oral cavity near the second upper molar; saliva produced by acinar secretory cells in the glandular body flows sequentially through the intercalated ducts, striated ducts, and excretory ducts. [ MP:0009530 ]
Synonyms: Stenon duct Stensens's duct Stensen's duct main excretory duct of parotid gland main duct of parotid gland
Term information
- BTO:0004554
- SCTID:362175009
- EMAPA:36563
- UMLS:C0227458 (ncithesaurus:Parotid_Duct)
- Wikipedia:Parotid_duct
- FMA:10420
- NCIT:C33277
- MA:0002697
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
we follow MP in identifying the 'parotid duct' with the main excretory duct, although in fact the parotid has many other ducts of different types
parotid excretory duct
duct of parotid gland
duct of parotid
parotid duct
excretory duct of parotid gland
parotid gland duct
Term relations
- parotid gland excretory duct
- part of some parotid gland
- channels_from some parotid gland
- contributes to morphology of some parotid gland