There are four glands under your tongue. You have two submandibular and two sublingual glands on both sides of your jawbone. Submandibular means below your lower jaw (mandible). And sublingual ...

What is salivary gland cancer? The salivary glands are comprised of both major and minor glands. The major glands are the bilateral parotid glands, submandibular glands and sublingual glands. The ...

Adrenal glands, responsible for producing hormones that manage the body’s stress response, can sometimes become overburdened. This can result in a commonly seen condition called adrenal fatigue ...

Leiomyoma is a benign tumour of smooth muscle origin. Leiomyoma arising in major salivary gland is under-reported. We report a case of a woman in her 40s with a submandibular gland tumour which ...

umcg.nl Objective To assess whether ultrasonographic scoring of (i) both parotid and submandibular salivary glands and (ii) all individual components of the Hocevar scoring system, is needed for ...

Sweat glands are activated during the stress response—also called the fight-or-flight response—which evolved in humans as a protective mechanism to handle real or perceived threats. When the stress ...

In Sjögren’s, the infection-fighting cells of the immune system (called lymphocytes) attack the normal cells of exocrine glands – the glands that produce moisture in the eyes, mouth and other tissues.

It is made from the dried and powdered thyroid glands of pigs and contains a mix of thyroid hormones, including thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). The hormones in Armour Thyroid help regulate ...

Note: Swollen lymph glands identified in a live animal suffering from EBL will be painless. Reference: See Annex 6 on ‘EBL9 – Licence’ for a sample of the form. Other animals licensed for slaughter ...