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begins immediately below the gl. parotis, under cover of the m. sterno- 

 cleido-mastoideus, and runs downward and slightly dorsalward along 

 the neck in the space between the internal jugular vein, and the m. 

 levator scapulae and m. splenius capitis. 



M. sternocleido- ^ 

 mastoideus. 



M. trapezius, 



anterior 



yLM. splenius. 



M. levator. 



V. jugularis- 

 intema 



Fig. 2. 



Fig. 3. 



In the vicinity of the superior border of the scapula, this anterior 

 half enlarges markedly and forms a somewhat triangularly shaped 

 mass. The basal line of the triangular mass thus formed lies along 

 the superior border of the scapula. At its upper end, the gland is 

 covered by the m. steruo-cleido-mastoideus, at its lower end by the 

 m. trapezius, while the middle portion is covered by the fascia of the 

 neck, which, however, is not represented in the figure (Fig. 2). 



The lower portion of the gland starts from the basal line of the 



triangular mass mentioned above, and runs caudad, either passing 



beneath the scapula or along its vertebral border. Above, this narrow 



portion of the gland is overlapped by the fibers of insertion of the 



m. levator scapulae which ends at the upper portion of the vertebral 



border of the scapula. The rest of the gland is covered either by 



the m. subscapularis or the m. trapezius. 



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