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Parotid Gland

"Parotid Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The largest of the three pairs of SALIVARY GLANDS. They lie on the sides of the FACE immediately below and in front of the EAR.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Parotid Gland" by people in this website by year, and whether "Parotid Gland" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 5 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2009 and 2012 and 2016 and 2019 and 2022
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