Abstract

CONTRERAS, Carlos et al. Ubicación anatómica de las glándulas salivales linguales ó glandulas salivales menores presentes en la lengua. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2008, vol.46, n.2, pp.240-241. ISSN 0001-6365.

The oral cavity is formed by different anatomic structures; in wich the salivary glands have important vital functions such as production and excretion of saliva. These glands are divided in two groups: mayor salivary glands and minor salivary glands. The mayor salivary glands are the parotid, submaxilar and sublingual glands. The minor salivary glands are distributed in different anatomic locations in the oral cavity. These glands are: the labial glands, the palatine glands, the genians glands and the lingual glands. These lingual glands are also formed by the Blandin and Nuhn glands, the Weber glands and the Von Ebner glands. The objective of this work is to determine the importance of these glands in matter of their anatomic location, inervation and irrigation .

Keywords : minor salivary glands; anatomic location.