One of the lingual glands located on the lateral margins of the tongue, at the level of the foliate papillae and in the root of the tongue behind the circumvallate papillae. [ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667924 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]
Synonyms: gland of Weber posterior superficial lingual gland
Term information
in humans, the ducts of posterior superficial lingual glands open into the crypts of lingual tonsils; mucous supplied by these glands may help to cleanse the crypts and aid in deglutition