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sublingual gland

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001832

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

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000001

One of a pair of small salivary glands situated under the mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth, beneath the tongue. [TFD][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000003

Most mammals have well-developed parotid, mandibular, and sublingual glands.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000008

Single lobed in mouse; largest acini of the 3 rodent salivary glands. In human and mouse, secretions are predominantly mucinous

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Gray1024.png

has related synonym

submaxillary gland, Rivinus gland, sublingual salivary gland, glandula sublingualis

id

UBERON:0001832

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Sublingual gland