sublingual ducts

sublingual ducts
the ducts of the sublingual salivary glands, including the ductus sublingualis major and ductus sublinguales minores.

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  • Sublingual gland — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = glandula sublingualis GraySubject = 242 GrayPage = 1136 Caption = Dissection, showing salivary glands of right side. (Sublingual gland visible near bottom right.) Caption2 = Salivary glands: #1 is Parotid… …   Wikipedia

  • minor sublingual ducts — ductus sublinguales minores …   Medical dictionary

  • Sublingual gland — The smallest of the three major salivary glands. It is located. It lies under the floor of the mouth close to the midline. * * * sublingual gland n a small salivary gland on each side of the mouth lying beneath the mucous membrane in a fossa in… …   Medical dictionary

  • sublingual gland — one of a pair of salivary glands situated in the lower part of the mouth, one on either side of the tongue. The sublingual glands are the smallest salivary glands; each gland has about 20 ducts, most of which open into the mouth directly above… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Major sublingual duct — Latin ductus sublingualis major Gray s subject #242 1136 The 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; others o …   Wikipedia

  • Salivary ducts — (a duct of a salivary gland) can refer to: * Stensen s duct * Wharton s duct * Major sublingual duct …   Wikipedia

  • duct — A tubular structure giving exit to the secretion of a gland or organ, capable of conducting fluid. SEE ALSO: canal. SYN: ductus [TA]. [L. duco, pp. ductus, to lead] aberrant ducts SYN: aberrant ductules, under ductule …   Medical dictionary

  • gland — An organized aggregation of cells functioning as a secretory or excretory organ. SYN: glandula (1) [TA]. [L. glans, acorn] accessory g. a small mass of glandular structure, detached from but lying near another and larger g., to which it is… …   Medical dictionary

  • canal — A duct or channel; a tubular structure. SEE ALSO: c., duct. SYN: canalis [TA]. [L. canalis] abdominal c. SYN: inguinal c.. accessory c. a channel leading from the root …   Medical dictionary

  • Ductus — A duct or walled passageway. Our word "duct" is a contraction of the Latin word "ductus" meaning "leading". The Romans, however, preferred the word "canalis" meaning "a pipe or gutter" for a… …   Medical dictionary

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