sublingual gland
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 info
- GAID:941
- EMAPA:18809
- SCTID:362176005
- UMLS:C0038553 (ncithesaurus:Sublingual_Salivary_Gland)
- EV:0100062
- CALOHA:TS-0987
- VHOG:0000363
- MESH:D013361
- MA:0001588
- BTO:0001315
- NCIT:C12234
- Wikipedia:Sublingual_gland
- FMA:59791
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
One of a pair of small salivary glands situated under the mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth, beneath the tongue. [TFD][VHOG]
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
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submaxillary gland, Rivinus gland, sublingual salivary gland, glandula sublingualis
uberon
UBERON:0001832
Sublingual gland
Term relations
- major salivary gland
- only in taxon some Gnathostomata
- develops from some sublingual gland primordium