Mandibular salivary gland
Glandula mandibularis
A mixed salivary gland; its duct opens beside the frenulum of the tongue.
About the mandibular salivary gland of the dog
Mandibular salivary gland is a digestive of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Glandula mandibularis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck of the dog, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Behind the angle of the jaw, between the maxillary and linguofacial veins.
- Action
- A mixed salivary gland; its duct opens beside the frenulum of the tongue.
- Nerve
- Parasympathetic fibres from the facial nerve by the chorda tympani.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Mandibular salivary gland
- Latin (NAV)
- Glandula mandibularis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the mandibular salivary gland
- What is the Latin name of the mandibular salivary gland?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the mandibular salivary gland is called Glandula mandibularis.
- Where is the mandibular salivary gland of the dog?
- Mandibular salivary gland is a digestive of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body.
- What nerve supplies the mandibular salivary gland?
- Parasympathetic fibres from the facial nerve by the chorda tympani.
See the mandibular salivary gland inside the whole dog.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the dog around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
