NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Sublingual glands are under the tongue. There are also hundreds of smaller glands. These glands make saliva (spit) and empty it into the mouth through openings called ducts. Saliva makes food moist, which helps chewing and swallowing and the digestion of food.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The sublingual glands are the smallest of the major salivary glands. These almond-shaped structures are located under the floor of the mouth and below either side of the tongue.