title: Anatomy of the salivary glands.
abstract: This article describes the anatomy of the salivary glands highlighting those anatomical features that are relevant to the radiologist. Magnetic resonance images with super-imposed line illustrations have been used to aid the understanding of the anatomy of this region.
authors.affiliation: Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital, London, United Kingdom. timothy.beale@royalfree.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beale
authors.forename: Gitta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Madani
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology*