Definition of Submaxillary

1. a. Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland.

Definition of Submaxillary

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary. ¹

2. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the submaxillary gland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Submaxillary

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Submaxillary

submarinelike
submariner
submariners
submarines
submarining
submarium
submarket
submarkets
submarshal
submarshals
submatrices
submatrix
submatrixes
submaxilla
submaxillaries
submaxillary (current term)
submaxillary gland
submaxillary salivary gland
submaximal
submedial
submedian
submediant
submediants
submeeting
submeetings
submembranous
submen
submeningeal
submenta
submental

Literary usage of Submaxillary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The lymph glands of the neck include the following groups: submaxillary. Superficial Cervical. Submental. Anterior Cervical. Deep Cervical. ..."

2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"submaxillary REGION. The superficial area of the submaxillary region has been dissected already ... submaxillary gland and its duct. 2. Sublingual gland. 3. ..."

3. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"submaxillary Ganglion (Fig. 483). The submaxillary ganglion is of small size, fusiform in shape, and situated above the deep portion of the submaxillary ..."

4. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"Mixed saliva, whose properties we have just discussed, is the result of the mingling in various proportions of saliva from the parotid, submaxillary, ..."

5. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"As concerns the flow of saliva brought about by stimulation of the sympathetic, in the case of the submaxillary gland of the dog the effects are very ..."

6. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"Mixed saliva, whose properties we have just discussed, is the result of the mingling in various proportions of saliva from the parotid, submaxillary, ..."

7. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1893)
"The nerves The cerebral fibres for the submaxillary gland are •which influ- contained in the chorda tympani, a branch of the facial ence the sub- nerve. ..."

8. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"_ Superficial part of _\ submaxillary gland T , Wharton's duct-r Deep part of ... Lingual nerve Deep part of submaxillary gland Wharton's duct Hypoglossal ..."

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