The small mucin-producing salivary glands in the floor of the mouth beneath the tongue, anterior to the submandibular gland. [ MP:0004035 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/hdene ]
Synonyms: ductus sublingualis Rivinus' gland
Term information
- MA:0001588
- FMA:59791
- MESH:D013361
- EV:0100062
- GAID:941
- EMAPA:18809
- NCIT:C12234
- VHOG:0000363
- Wikipedia:Sublingual_gland
- UMLS:C0038553 (ncithesaurus:Sublingual_Salivary_Gland)
- CALOHA:TS-0987
- SCTID:362176005
- BTO:0001315
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One of a pair of small salivary glands situated under the mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth, beneath the tongue. [TFD][VHOG]
submaxillary gland
Rivinus gland
sublingual salivary gland
glandula sublingualis
Most mammals have well-developed parotid, mandibular, and sublingual glands.[well established][VHOG]
Single lobed in mouse; largest acini of the 3 rodent salivary glands. In human and mouse, secretions are predominantly mucinous