American Veterinary Review, 
OCTOBER, 1877 . 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
ANATOMY OF REGIONS. 
Translated from Peuch and Toussaint' s y Precis de Chirurgie Veterinaire. 
By A. Liautard, M. D. V. S. 
[Continued from Page 205.] 
Chapter II. 
LATERAL FACES OF THE HEAD. 
The lateral faces of the head are bound forward by the anterior 
face, behind by the posterior border of the inferior maxillary, above by 
the superior border of the neck, and downwards they extend to the 
commissure of the lips. 
They form the parotidean and temporal regions, that of the cheeks 
and of the temporo-maxillary articulation. All these regions are ar¬ 
ranged by pairs, one on each side of the median line, and are asym¬ 
metrical. 
Upon the limit of the anterior and lateral face we find two appar¬ 
atuses of senses: the auricular or auditive , and the ocular j we will 
consider them after the description of the lateral faces. 
SECTION I.—PAROTIDEAN REGION. 
Intermediate to the head and neck, its extent is susceptible of many 
variations, as the position of the head changes, either being flexed or ex¬ 
tended upon the neck; its base is represented by the parotid gland. 
The complexity of the parts which compose it, their importance, and 
the frequency of lesions and abnormal growths in that region, as well as 
the presence of the guttural pouches which sometimes have to be open, 
render the parotid region one of the most important of the economy. 
