Parotid salivary glands are present ____________.

Below the tongue

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Below the ear

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Below the eye orbit

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In the angle between two jaws

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Solution

The correct option is B Below the ear
The word parotid means around the ear. The parotid glands are a pair of serous salivary glands located inferior and anterior to the external acoustic meatus draining their secretions into the vestibule of oral cavity through Stensen duct or parotid duct.

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