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Submandibular Region (Salivary Gland)
Submandibular Region (Salivary Gland)
Submandibular Region (Salivary Gland)
Region -
submandibular
There two
pairs g large salivary glands in
region
•
are .
°
These are in Submandibular Gland [ Below floor g mouth ]
Gland
ez ,
sublingual [ Above
floor y
mouth
]
•
It is one
g the three
pairs g pained
salivary glands .
the size
.
It is half of parotid
gland and
weighs =
10 -
20g
.
It is mixed type -
both serous
&
mucus .
Faintly )
Parts
°
Two parts -
ca , A
large superficial part ( superficial to mylohyoid )
small deep
( bi A
part ( deep to mylohyoid )
.
Part
superficial :
Quite large
°
Two ends -
Anterior 4 Posterior
Inferior lateral
Three
surfaces Medial
°
-
e
,
to the
up
anterior
belly of digastric muscle .
°
The
posterior end extends
upto sty lo mandibular ligament .
which
CAPSULE_
•
Superficial part is
partially enclosed between the two layers y
.
The
deep layer covers the medial
and
surface of gland is
attached to
mandible .
mylohyoid line g
RELATIONS
-
relations :
°
Three
surfaces of superficial part have
important
( as
Superficial Surface -
:
-
skin
-
superficial fascia
-
Deep Fascia
-
Facial Vein
-
submandibular
Nodes
lymph .
cb , lateral
-
Surface :
Submandibular
-
facial
Artery .
Anterior
Medial +
ie ,
-
Surface -
middle
t posterior
cis Anterior Part
MyidM wide
-
sub mental branch g Facial A .
his Middleport
-
&
submandibular
-
ganglion -
Deep Part :
mylohyoid .
of the mylohyoid .
°
Anterior .
it extends upto sublingual salivary gland .
Relations
MEDIA L -
Hyo gloss us
LATERAL -
Mylohyoid
Superior
lingual Nerve & Submandibular
ganglion
-
INFERIOR -
° It runs
forwards on the
hyoglossus between
lingual and
hypoglossal nerves .
Blood
Supply :
The
gland is
supplied by sublingual and sub mental Arteries
°
&
drained
by Common facial &
lingual Veins .
lymphatics :
°
Drain into Submandibular
lymph nodes and then into
Nerve
Supply :
• The
gland in
supplied by
Parasympathetic ,
sympathetic ,
&
sensory fibres .
Secreto motor
•
Parasympathetic -
Sympathetic =
( I spinal )
lingual Nerve .
Clinical :
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