Sublingual Gland
The sublingual glands are located in the floor of the mouth within the sublingual fold, anterior to the submandibular glands. They have many short excretory ducts that empty into either the submandibular duct or the oral cavity.
The sublingual gland is a mixed (serous and mucous) compound tubuloalveolar gland and produces a mixed type of secretion. It is composed of mucous acini (mostly) capped by serous demilunes and surrounded by myoepithelial (basket) cells. The mucous secretory units appear to be tubular rather than purely acinar. In the sublingual gland, the capsule is not very definite and the intercalated ducts and striated ducts are short, difficult to locate or sometimes absent. |
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