GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ducts of Rivinus, a group of excretory ducts, drain the sublingual gland. The largest sublingual gland excretory duct called the sublingual duct of Bartholin joins Wharton’s duct near the sublingual caruncle.

Detailed explanation-2: -The sublingual gland, the smallest major salivary gland, produces serous and mucous saliva (in a 1:3 ratio). It is located on the mylohyoid muscle and covered by the mucosa of the floor of the mouth, adjacent to the sublingual fossa of the mandible. The gland is associated with the sublingual folds beneath the tongue.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are a series of ducts, ducts of Rivinus, that secrete the saliva from the sublingual gland along the sublingual fold, but also through the Bartholin duct that opens with the submandibular duct at the sublingual caruncle.