Identification of lingual glands and ducts ventrally in pigs' tongues.
Hitherto unreported tubulo-acinar mucous lingual glands were located ventrally in the free tip of the tongue, just cranial to the attachment of the frenulum linguae in 186 of 400 (47%) of pigs' tongues. The glands were bilateral in 126 (32%) of the tongues. These glands emptied by several ducts onto the ventral surface of the tongue.
Sanford
S E
SE
Veterinary Laboratory Services, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Huron Park, Canada.
Josephson
G K
GK
D000818:Animals; D008035:Lingual Frenum / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013552:Swine / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000033:anatomy & histology*