Deposition of Earthy Matter—principally phosphate of lime—not unfrequently takes place in the extremity of the submaxillary and sublingual ducts, and the concretion so formed is often of considerable size; some are larger than an almond.
Ranula is a swelling produced by accumulation in, and distention of, the extremity of the combined ducts of the sublingual and submaxillary glands.
The sublingual glands wear an evident character of inflammation; but it never equals the increased discharge that accompanies epilepsy, or nausea.
As the sublingual glands stretch along the under part of the tongue, and their ducts open on the side of the frænum, it is possible that this disease may proceed from, or be connected with, obstruction or inflammation of these ducts.
In man the saliva is a more or less turbid and slighty viscid fluid, generally of an alkaline reaction, and is secreted by the parotid, submaxillary, and sublingual glands.
The sublingual and submaxillary glands often become swollen, tense, and painful; and the entire neck is sometimes swollen to such a degree as to exert injurious pressure on the jugular veins.
It is the secretion of the parotid, submaxillary, and sublingual glands, which in infants under the age of three months are very small, almost rudimentary.
Adenitis takes place in the submaxillary, retro-maxillary, and sublingual glands of the affected side.
The sublingual gland lies in the floor of the mouth just beneath the mucous membrane.
It is to be differentiated from a retention cyst of the submaxillary gland by the fact that a probe can usually be passed down the submaxillary duct alongside of the swelling, and from sublingual dermoid (p.
The submaxillary and sublingual salivary glands are also liable to be affected.
Acute suppurative inflammation of the #sublingual gland# may occur under the same conditions as in the parotid, and is associated with the formation of an exceedingly painful and tender swelling under the tongue.
It is usually due to an imperfect development of the duct of the submaxillary or sublingual gland.
The submaxillary and sublingual glands may be the seat of the same varieties of tumour as the parotid.
The submaxillary and sublingual glands are enlarged and the neighboring lymphatics swollen.
Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland; as, sublingual salvia.
Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland.
Note: In man the saliva is a more or less turbid and slighty viscid fluid, generally of an alkaline reaction, and is secreted by the parotid, submaxillary, and sublingual glands.
The sublingual gland, brought to view by the removal of a section of the lower jaw.
The swelling under the tongue called the "frog" is a disease of the sublingual gland.
The sublingualgland is inert during mastication, and only begins to act as swallowing commences, when it envelops or lubricates the chewed substance with a fluid that assists its passage to the stomach.
The saliva from the sublingual gland is viscous and sticky, fit to moisten the surface of substances, but not to penetrate them, giving them a coat which facilitates their being swallowed.
Many had swelling of the tonsils, parotids, submaxillary and sublingual glands.
Many other children had these ulcerations behind the ears, sometimes with swelling of the parotid and sublingual glands.
The saliva is composed of four elementary secretions, derived respectively, from the mucous follicles of the mouth, and the parotid, the submaxillary, and the sublingual glands.
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