sublingual gland

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sublingual gland

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human digestive system
Salivary glands
The sublingual glands lie directly under the mucous membrane covering the floor of the mouth beneath the tongue.
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The sublingual glands lie directly under the mucous membrane covering the floor of the mouth beneath the tongue.
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human digestive system
The floor of the mouth
…a slight fold called a sublingual papilla, from which the ducts of the submandibular salivary glands open. Running outward and backward from each sublingual papilla is a ridge (the plica sublingualis) that marks the upper edge of the sublingual (under the tongue) salivary gland and onto which most of the…
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…a slight fold called a sublingual papilla, from which the ducts of the submandibular salivary glands open. Running outward and backward from each sublingual papilla is a ridge (the plica sublingualis) that marks the upper edge of the sublingual (under the tongue) salivary gland and onto which most of the…
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salivary gland
Sublingual glands
The third pair, the sublingual glands, is situated beneath the mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth, near the chin region. The glands are not covered by a capsule and are therefore more dispersed throughout the surrounding tissue. They have many ducts (Rivinus’s ducts) that open near the…
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The third pair, the sublingual glands, is situated beneath the mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth, near the chin region. The glands are not covered by a capsule and are therefore more dispersed throughout the surrounding tissue. They have many ducts (Rivinus’s ducts) that open near the…
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