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The salivary glands in many vertebrates including mammals are exocrine glands that produce saliva through a system of ducts. Humans have three paired major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular, and sublingual), as well as hundreds of minor salivary glands. [1] Salivary glands can be classified as serous, mucous, or seromucous (mixed).
The sublingual gland (glandula sublingualis) is a seromucous polystomatic exocrine gland. Located underneath the oral diaphragm ( diaphragma oris ), the sublingual gland is the smallest and most diffuse of the three major salivary glands of the oral cavity, with the other two being the submandibular and parotid .
The submandibular salivary glands develop later than the parotid glands and appear late in the sixth week of prenatal development. They develop bilaterally from epithelial buds in the sulcus surrounding the sublingual folds on the floor of the primitive mouth. Solid cords branch from the buds and grow posteriorly, lateral to the developing tongue.
Malignant salivary gland lesions are rare. However, when a tumour extends to the submandibular, sublingual and the minor salivary glands, they tend to be malignant. [13] Distinguishing a malignant lesion from a benign one may be difficult as they both present as painless lesions. [13] A biopsy is crucial in aiding diagnosis. There are common ...
All of these glands terminate in the mouth. The largest of these are the parotid glands—their secretion is mainly serous. The next pair are underneath the jaw, the submandibular glands, these produce both serous fluid and mucus. The serous fluid is produced by serous glands in these salivary glands which also produce lingual lipase. They ...
Skene's gland, lesser vestibular gland, paraurethral gland vestibule of the vulva, around the lower end of the urethra: serous tubulo-alveolar 36 Sublingual gland, Rivini's gland mouth: mucus (primarily) tubulo-alveolar 37 Submandibular gland: mouth: mixed (M+S) tubulo-alveolar 38 Sudoriparous glands, Boerhaave's glands skin: 39 Sigmund's glands
A salivary duct is a duct which brings saliva from a salivary gland to part of the digestive tract. ... Submandibular duct; Major sublingual duct
The submandibular duct (also Wharton's duct or historically submaxillary duct) is one of the salivary excretory ducts. It is about 5 cm long, and its wall is much thinner than that of the parotid duct. It drains saliva from each bilateral submandibular gland and sublingual gland to the sublingual caruncle in the floor of the mouth.