NOUN
- a small salivary gland that produces mucin (the viscous component of saliva); in human beings it is located on either side of the mouth under the tongue
How To Use sublingual gland In A Sentence
- Sublingual gland, inflammation of, 548 ranula of, 549 surgical anatomy of, 543 tumours of, 552 Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- In the unstimulated state, 70 percent of saliva is secreted by the submandibular and sublingual glands.
- Objective To observe the distribution of the neuropeptides in mouse sublingual gland.
- In the unstimulated (basal) state, 70 percent of saliva is secreted by the submandibular and sublingual glands.
- The facial artery may replace the lingual artery and supply the sublingual gland.
- The parasympathetic nervous system innervates the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands with fibers that originate in the pons and medulla, and synapse in the otic and submandibular ganglia.
- The benign variant is a typical example of an intraductal papilloma arising in the sublingual gland, a previously unreported site.
