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Definition of Submandibular gland
1. Noun. A salivary gland inside the lower jaw on either side that produces most of the nocturnal saliva; discharges saliva into the mouth under the tongue.
Generic synonyms: Salivary Gland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Submandibular Gland
Literary usage of Submandibular gland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Human Body by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1909)
"The Pacinian corpuscles also occur in such various internal organs as the pancreas,
the submandibular gland, and, in the cat, even in the mesentery. ..."
2. History of the Human Body by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1909)
"The Pacinian corpuscles also occur in such various internal organs as the pancreas,
the submandibular gland, and, in the cat, even in the mesentery. ..."
3. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"Health Statistics. PHS publ. no. 90-1054, 1990 41. Cutler LS, Pinney HE, Christian
C, Russotto SB: Ultrastruc- tural studies of the rat submandibular gland ..."
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