sublingual salivary gland

The anteior defects may be associated with the sublingual salivary gland.

It receives the secretion from the submaxillary and sublingual salivary glands.

They empty the submandibular (submaxillary) and sublingual salivary glands.

Postganglionic parasympathetic fibers to the oral mucosa and the submandibular and sublingual salivary glands.

Here, the preganglionic fibers of the chorda tympani synapse with postganglionic fibers which go on to innervate the submandibular and sublingual salivary glands.

The most usual source of the mucin spillage is the sublingual salivary gland, but ranulas may also arise from the submandibular duct or the minor salivary glands in the floor of the mouth.