Anatomy study note · Head and neck

Submandibular gland

A mixed serous and mucous salivary gland below the body of the mandible, folded round the back of mylohyoid into superficial and deep parts.

Key points

• Mixed; superficial + deep parts around mylohyoid.
• Duct opens beside the lingual frenulum.
• VII (chorda tympani) secretomotor.
• Commonest stone site.
• Submandibular: endodermal outgrowth (linguogingival sulcus).
• Submandibular: mixed.
• Salivon = acinus + intercalated + striated duct.

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Features · Nerve supply · Histology · Development · Clinical notes

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 12, PDF pp. 1748–1751
• 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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