Sublingual Salivary Glands And Oral Health
Write briefly about the Sublingual Salivary Gland.
Answer:
- Sublingual salivary gland.
Sublingual Salivary Gland Anatomy:
- It is the smallest of the paired salivary gland.
Sublingual Salivary Gland Weight:
- Approximately 2 grams.
Sublingual Salivary Gland Location:
- In the anterior part of the floor of the mouth between the mucosa and mylohyoid muscle.
Sublingual Salivary Gland Ducts and their opening:
- Ducts of previous, small ducts open along the sublingual fold.
- Bartholin’s duct, a large duct opens at the sublingual caruncle.
Sublingual Salivary Gland Blood supply:
- Sublingual and submental arteries.
Sublingual Salivary Gland Nerve supply:
- Parasympathetic from VII cranial nerve, facial nerve.
- It reaches the gland via the lingual nerve after synapsing in the submandibular ganglion.
Sublingual Salivary Gland Lymphatic drainage:
- Submandibular lymph nodes.
Sublingual Salivary Gland Histology:
- It is a mixed gland, but mucous secretory units are more than the serous units.
- Serous end pieces are rare.
Sublingual Salivary Gland Acinar cells:
- Mucous cells are arranged in a tubular pattern
- Serous cell and pathway of synthesis, storage, and exocytosis of secretory protein.
- Rought endoplasmic reticulum synthesizing protein, 2Golgi complex transfer protein to transfuse, Immature granules, 4Mature granules with concentrated protein, Exocytosis
- Mucous cell and pathway of synthesis and exocytosis of mucous.
- Rough endoplasmic reticulum synthesizing mucous protein,
- Golgi complex transfer protein to transfuse,
- Formation of the mucous pool,
- Exocytosis of mucous
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