right submandibular gland

Digestive

3D model: right submandibular gland
right submandibular gland
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In 4 atlases

Definition

Either of the paired compound tubuloalveolar (aka tubuloacinar) major salivary glands composed of both serous and mucous secretory cells and situated beneath the mandible.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Relations

Innervation
right chorda tympani
Arterial supply
glandular branches of facial artery

Neighbouring structures

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Identifiers

FMA
59802
Wikidata
Q66556217