One of the three largest glands of the oral cavity that secrete most of the saliva, including the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. [ MP:0003792 ]

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Term information

database cross reference
  • FMA:59788
  • UMLS:C0930553 (ncithesaurus:Major_Salivary_Gland)
  • NCIT:C12999
  • MA:0002478
  • SCTID:303049006
  • galen:MajorSalivaryGland
Subsets

pheno_slim, organ_slim

id

UBERON:0001829

taxon notes

There are 3 pairs of major salivary glands in human and mouse