- Blandin glands
- Blandin and Nuhn glands anterior lingual g's.
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Blandin glands
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Blandin glands — Blan·din glands (blah dăґ) [Philippe Frйdйric Blandin, French surgeon, 1798–1849] anterior lingual glands, see under gland … Medical dictionary
Blandin and Nuhn's glands — Blan·din and Nuhn s glands (blah dăґ n nґ) [P.F. Blandin; Anton Nuhn, German anatomist, 1814–1889] anterior lingual glands, see under gland … Medical dictionary
Anterior lingual glands — (also called apical glands) are deeply placed seromucous glands that are located near the tip of the tongue on each side of the frenulum linguae . They are found on the under surface of the apex of the tongue, and are covered by a bundle of… … Wikipedia
Philippe-Frédéric Blandin — (1798 1849) was a French physician who was a surgeon of the poor, and a professor of surgery at the Medical Faculty in Paris.Blandin is remembered today for his pioneer work in rhinoplasty and septoplasty. He is credited with coining the term… … Wikipedia
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
Mucous gland — Vertical section of papilla foliata of the rabbit, passing across the folia. (Serous gland labeled at bottom right.) … Wikipedia
