The paired submandibular glands (historically known as submaxillary glands) are major salivary glands located beneath the floor of the mouth. In adult...

from each bilateral submandibular gland and sublingual gland to the sublingual caruncle in the floor of the mouth. The submandibular duct arises from deep...

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...

paired major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular, and sublingual), as well as hundreds of minor salivary glands. Salivary glands can be classified as...

gland diseases (SGDs) are multiple and varied in cause. There are three paired major salivary glands in humans: the parotid glands, the submandibular...

salivary glands; they are submandibular and sublingual glands. Sometimes accessory parotid glands are found close to the main parotid glands. The word...

anterior part contains the submandibular gland, superficial to which is the anterior facial vein, while imbedded in the gland is the facial artery and its...

gland, usually in the duct of the submandibular gland (also termed "Wharton's duct"). Less commonly the parotid gland or rarely the sublingual gland or...

salivary glands consist of the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. The minor salivary glands consist of 800 to 1000 small mucus-secreting glands located...

alpha-amylase. Serous glands are most common in the parotid gland and lacrimal gland but are also present in the submandibular gland and, to a far lesser...

ganglion). The submandibular ganglion is small and fusiform in shape. It is situated above the deep portion of the submandibular gland, on the hyoglossus...

inflammation of salivary glands, usually the major ones, the most common being the parotid gland, followed by submandibular and sublingual glands. It should not...

homeostasis. The pineal gland, thymus gland, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, and the two adrenal glands are all endocrine glands. Exocrine glands secrete their...

superficial to the submandibular salivary gland, and posterolateral to the anterior belly of either digastric muscle. One gland, the middle gland of Stahr, which...

parotid gland (saliva secretion 25%) is predominantly serous, the sublingual gland (saliva secretion 5%) mainly mucous gland, and the submandibular gland (saliva...

glands of the human body There are several specialized glands within the human integumentary system that are derived from apocrine or sebaceous gland...

as the depression is created by ectopic salivary gland tissue associated with the submandibular gland and does not represent a pathologic lesion as such...

the submandibular gland, but is also known to occur in other major and minor salivary glands, including the parotid gland. Overall, salivary gland tumors...

salivary gland tumor overall (after mucoepidermoid carcinoma and polymorphous adenocarcinoma). It represents 28% of malignant submandibular gland tumors...

significantly. In humans, the submandibular gland contributes around 70 to 75% of secretions, while the parotid gland secretes about 20 to 25%; small...

the mandible below the mylohyoid line. It is the location for the submandibular gland. This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th...

pathogenesis of the Küttner tumor of the submandibular gland - Analysis of 349 cases with chronic sialadenitis of the submandibular (author's translation)]. HNO (in...

submaxillary glands of mice and in human urine. EGF has since been found in many human tissues, including platelets, submandibular gland (submaxillary gland), and...

synapses with the submandibular ganglion. Postsynaptic fibers from the submandibular ganglion supply the sublingual and submandibular glands. Upon emerging...

They are found in the submandibular gland, sublingual duct, and the parotid gland, but are more developed in the parotid gland. They are not present in...

and parasympathetic (secretomotor) innervation to the submandibular and sublingual salivary glands. Chorda tympani has a complex course from the brainstem...

from the mouse submandibular gland, but since then found in many human tissues including the submandibular gland, and the parotid gland. Salivary EGF,...

lateral pharyngeal space In health, the contents of the space are: the submandibular gland, which largely fills the space, branches of the facial and lingual...

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...

meant to prevent this. Gleeking is the projection of saliva from the submandibular gland under the tongue. It can happen deliberately or accidentally, particularly...