Sublingual Gland - Anatomy & Physiology

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Sublingual Salivary Gland

  • Merocrine secretion
  • Consists of monostomatic compact part drained by a single duct. Located over rostral mandibluar gland in dog. Duct runs with mandibluar gland duct and opens at the sublingual caruncle.
  • Consists of polystomatic diffuse part drained by numerous smaller ducts. Thin strip below mucosa of the floor of oral cavity and duct opens beside the frenulum.
Salivary Glands Labelled (Dog) - Copyright C.Clarkson and T.F.Fletcher University of Minnesota

Histology

  • Tubulo-acinar gland

Species Differences

Ruminant and Pig

Equine

  • Diffuse part is the only part of the sublingual salivary gland present



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