Either of the paired compound tubuloalveolar (aka tubuloacinar) major salivary glands composed of both serous and mucous secretory cells and situated beneath the mandible. [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-0436.2006.00088.x http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]
Synonyms: submandibular salivary gland
Term information
- FMA:55093
- NCIT:C12233
- BTO:0001316
- SCTID:181235001
- MA:0001589
- GAID:942
- Wikipedia:Submandibular_gland
- EFO:0001387
- CALOHA:TS-0988
- EV:0100061
- VHOG:0000364
- MESH:D013363
- EMAPA:18812
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
- major salivary gland
- in lateral side of some mouth
- develops from some submandibular gland primordium
- in lateral side of some lower jaw region