Anatomy study note · Head and neck

Sublingual gland

The smallest of the three main salivary glands, mainly mucous, lying under the sublingual fold of the floor of the mouth.

Key points

• Under the sublingual fold; mainly mucous.
• Many small ducts.
• VII secretomotor.
• Sublingual: endodermal outgrowth (linguogingival sulcus).
• Sublingual: mostly mucous.
• Salivon = acinus + intercalated + striated duct.

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 12, PDF p. 1751
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 12, PDF p. 173
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 17, PDF pp. 305–306

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