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Salivary Glands

The document discusses salivary glands, which are exocrine glands that secrete saliva into the oral cavity. There are three major salivary glands - the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. The parotid gland is the largest and is a serous gland located near the ear. The submandibular gland is mostly mucous secreting and located below the mandible. The sublingual gland is mainly mucous secreting and located under the tongue. Together the salivary glands help lubricate the mouth and begin digesting carbohydrates.

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Salivary Glands

The document discusses salivary glands, which are exocrine glands that secrete saliva into the oral cavity. There are three major salivary glands - the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. The parotid gland is the largest and is a serous gland located near the ear. The submandibular gland is mostly mucous secreting and located below the mandible. The sublingual gland is mainly mucous secreting and located under the tongue. Together the salivary glands help lubricate the mouth and begin digesting carbohydrates.

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SALIVARY GLANDS

UZMA GUL
2 ND YEAR MBBS
KGMC
Learning Objectives
Glands and its classification
Exocrine glands and its classification
Salivary glands and its classification
Relations of different glands
Blood supply
Nerve supply
Lymph drainage
Surface anatomy
Clinical correlates
Gland;An organ which produces and releases
substances that perform a specific function in
body.

◦ Glands are basically divided into;


1. Endocrine glands:secretes their products through basal
lamina and lacks a duct system for example:pituitary,
thyroid and adrenal glands.
2. Exocrine glands:secretes their product through a duct
for example:sweat,lacrimal and salivary glands
Groups of exocrine glands
Merocrine or • Cells secrete their substances by exocytosis
eccrine glands e.g mucous and serous glands

• A portion of secreting cell’s body is lost during


Apocrine glands secretion e.g mamilary and axillary glands

• The entire cell disintegrates to secretes its


Holocrine glands substances e.g sebaceous glands
Diagramatically;
Categories of exocrine glands
• Secretes a watery,often protein rich
Serous glands product

• Secretes a viscous product,rich in


Mucous glands carbohydrates[e.g glycoproteins]

Sebaceous or oil • Secretes a lipid product


glands
Salivary glands; are compound,tubule
acinar,merocrine,exocrine glands the ducts of
which open into oral cavity
Oral cavity is kept moist by a film of fluid called saliva that coats
teeth and mucosa
Saliva is a complex fluid
Salivon;is the functional unit of salivary gland that consists of;acinar
cells,tubular ducts and myoepithelium
Smell,thought,taste and sight of food stimulates salivation
Sleep,dehydration,fatigue and fear inhibits salivation
diagramatically
Classification of salivary glands on the
basis of size and location
Major or • Large in size and located outside the oral cavity.e.g
extrinsic parotid,sublingual and submandibular salivary
glands
salivary glands

Minor or • small,numerous and located within oral cavity. E.g


lingual,palatal,buccal,retromolar,glossopalatine and
intrinsic salivary labial salivary glands
glands • Present in submucosal layer
Diagramatically;
Minor glands
Based on type of secretion salivary
glands types;
serous secreting glands;secretes more watery enzymes
rich[digestive such as lingual lipase e.g lingual lipase]e.g
parotid and von ebner’s gland
Mucus secreting glands;secretes thick,proteins rich such as
glycoproteins secretionse.gglands of blandin and
nuhn,glosso palatine glands
Mixed glands;secretes mixture of both serous and mucus
secretions.e.gsubmandibular and sublingual[it is mainly
mucus secreting] glands
Parotid gland;largest gland[para means
around and otic means ear]
Purely serous gland,15 grams weight its
superficial portion lies in front of external ear
and deep part filling retromolar fossa
3 borders;anterior,posterior and medial
border. 4 surfaces[ superior,anteromedial
posteromedial and superficial surface
Relations of submandibular gland;
anteriorly;anterior belly of digastric
posteriorly;posterior belly of
digastric,stylohyoid and parotid gland
Medially;mylohyoid,hypoglossus,lingual
nerve,submandibular ganglion and hypoglossal
nerve
Laterally;submandibular fossa of
mandible’inferolaterally covered by investing
layer of deep cervical fascia,platysma and skin
Relations of sublingual gland;
anteriorly;gland of opposite side
posteriorly;deep part of submandibular gland
Medially;genioglossus muscle,lingual nerve and
submandibular duct
Laterally;sublingual fossa of mandible
Superiorly;mucous membrane of floor of
mouth,that forms sublingual fold
Inferiorly;mylohyoid muscle
 Parotid gland open through a duct in oral
cavity called stensen’s duct
Submandibular ducts open in mouth through
wharton’s duct
Sublingual ducts open in mouth through a 10 to
20 ducts called bartholins duct that drain its
secretions into duct of rivinus
Size order;parotid>submandibular>sublingual
Amount of saliva produce;submandibular>parotid
>sublingual
Blood supply;
1.Sublingual gland receives blood supply from;
Sublingual artery[a branch of lingual artery]
Submental artery[a branch of facial artery]
Same names of veins drain sublingual gland and hence follows same path as
arteries follows
2.Submandibular gland receives arterial supply from;
Sublingual and submental artery but submental vein mainly drains this
gland later anastomose with sublingual vein
3.Parotid gland receives arterial supply from;superfiacial temporal artery
Maxillary artery and transverse facial artery
Retromandibular vein drains parotid gland
Nerve supply;
• Receives parasympathetic innervation from 9th nerve
Parotid gland

Sub mandibular
• Receives parasympathetic innervation from 7th nerve
and lingual

• From superior cervical ganglion supplies these 3 glands


Sympatetic
innervation and produces mucous secretions
THANK
YOU

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