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major salivary gland

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001829


One of the three largest glands of the oral cavity that secrete most of the saliva, including the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. [ MP:0003792 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • SCTID:303049006
  • UMLS:C0930553 (ncithesaurus:Major_Salivary_Gland)
  • MA:0002478
  • galen:MajorSalivaryGland
  • NCIT:C12999
  • FMA:59788
Subsets

pheno_slim, organ_slim

UBPROP 0000008

There are 3 pairs of major salivary glands in human and mouse

id

UBERON:0001829

prefLabel

Major salivary gland