minor salivary glands

Minor salivary glands are a subset of the salivary glands. They are small and unnamed salivary glandular tissue scattered throughout the oral cavity and oropharynx as well as more widely in the mucosa of the aerodigestive tract.

They number in the hundreds and are important because salivary gland tumors can arise from them (just as from the major salivary glands).

Related pathology

• minor salivary gland tumors

Siehe auch:

• Tumoren der Speicheldrüsen
• salivary glands
• major salivary glands

und weiter:

• Glandula parotidea
• sublingual gland
• Glandula submandibularis
• ducts of the salivary glands
• superficial mucosal space
• benign minor salivary gland pathology