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    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...
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    The deep lobe is the smaller part Secretions are delivered into the submandibular duct on the deep portion after which they hook around the posterior edge...
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    forms within a salivary gland, usually in the duct of the submandibular gland (also termed "Wharton's duct"). Less commonly the parotid gland or rarely...
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    simple columnar. Striated ducts are part of the intralobular ducts. They are found in the submandibular gland, sublingual duct, and the parotid gland, but...
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    produce saliva through a system of ducts. Humans have three paired major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular, and sublingual), as well as hundreds...
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    The largest of all, the sublingual duct (of Bartholin) joins the submandibular duct to drain through the sublingual caruncle. The sublingual caruncle...
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    it drains its mixture of serous and mucous saliva via the submandibular duct (Wharton duct) into the mouth, usually opening in a punctum in the floor...
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  • duct is a duct which brings saliva from a salivary gland to part of the digestive tract. In human anatomy there are: Parotid duct Submandibular duct Major...
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  • excretory ducts of the sublingual gland are from eight to twenty in number. Of the smaller sublingual ducts (ducts of Rivinus), some join the submandibular duct;...
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    ducts in the floor of the mouth. Sometimes a more distinctive duct can be recognized, known as Bartholin's duct. the deep part of the submandibular gland...
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    several important structures (from upper to lower): sublingual gland, submandibular duct, lingual nerve, vena comitans of hypoglossal nerve, and the hypoglossal...
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  • sublingual salivary gland subluxation submandibular duct submandibular ganglion submandibular gland submandibular triangle submental triangle suboccipital...
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    starches. There are also two other types of salivary glands; they are submandibular and sublingual glands. Sometimes accessory parotid glands are found...
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    Jure; Pušnik, Luka (January 2023). "Sialendoscopy-Based Analysis of Submandibular Duct Papillae with a Proposal for Classification". Journal of Clinical...
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  • be associated with salivary duct strictures and salivary stones. It is common in both the parotid glands and submandibular glands. The treatment is as...
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    and anatomist best known for his descriptions of the submandibular duct (one of the salivary ducts) and Wharton's jelly of the umbilical cord. He was the...
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    as major or minor. The major salivary glands consist of the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. The minor salivary glands consist of 800 to...
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    the sublingual salivary gland, but ranulae may also arise from the submandibular duct or the minor salivary glands in the floor of the mouth. A cervical...
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    pathogenesis of the Küttner tumor of the submandibular gland - Analysis of 349 cases with chronic sialadenitis of the submandibular (author's translation)]. HNO (in...
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    salivary gland or duct. Salivary gland fistulae are almost always related to the parotid gland or duct, although the submandibular gland is rarely the...
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    the major ones, the most common being the parotid gland, followed by submandibular and sublingual glands. It should not be confused with sialadenosis (sialosis)...
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    are glands that secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct. Examples of exocrine glands include sweat, salivary, mammary, ceruminous...
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  • parotid duct system compared to the submandibular duct system. Chronic inflammation of the duct system (sialodochitis) may cause some segments of the duct to...
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    the gland is swollen and tender and usually produces pus at the Stensen's duct. This pus is usually sampled and the bacteria within are identified. Common...
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  • of a major salivary gland duct or part of the duct itself. It is a very rare condition. The submandibular salivary gland duct is usually involved, having...
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    Wharton (1614–1673) - anatomist best known for his descriptions of the submandibular duct William Cheselden (1688–1752) - surgeon and specialist in the removal...
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    Cellosaurus A20 Mouse B lymphoma B lymphocyte Cellosaurus A253 Human Submandibular duct Head and neck carcinoma ATCC Cellosaurus A2780 Human Ovary Ovarian...
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    nodes Parotid lymph nodes Cervical lymph nodes Submental lymph nodes Submandibular lymph nodes Deep cervical lymph nodes Deep anterior cervical lymph nodes...
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  • regarded as a manifestation of IgG4-related disease. Involvement of the submandibular glands is also known as Küttner's tumor, named after Hermann Küttner...
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    deep part of the submandibular gland; it finally runs from laterally to medially inferiorly crossing the duct of the submandibular gland, and along the...
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