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salivary
1. Of, relating to, or producing saliva.
2. Of or relating to a salivary gland.
3. Relating to saliva or the glands that secrete it; especially, producing or carrying saliva.
4. Pertaining to or existing in the saliva or salivary glands.
2. Of or relating to a salivary gland.
3. Relating to saliva or the glands that secrete it; especially, producing or carrying saliva.
4. Pertaining to or existing in the saliva or salivary glands.
The salivary glands produce saliva, which keeps the mouth and other parts of the digestive system moist. It also helps break down carbohydrates (with salivary amylase, formerly known as ptyalin) and lubricates the passage of food down from the oro-pharynx to the esophagus to the stomach.
There are three main pairs of salivary glands: the parotid, the submandibular and the sublingual glands. There are also many small glands in the tongue, cheeks, lips and palate, all of which consist entirely of mucous secreting cells.
(Greek: spittle, salivia; salivary gland)
(Greek: saliva (suh LIGH vuh); spittle, foam from the mouth; the salivary glands)
Word Entries containing the term:
“salivary”
muco-salivary
Resembling or containing mucus and saliva.
This entry is located in the following units:
muco-, muc-, muci-, mucin- +
(page 5)
salivo-, saliv- +
(page 1)
salivary fistula
A pathologic communication between a salivary duct, or gland, and the cutaneous surface or the oral mucus.
This entry is located in the following unit:
fistul-, fistulo-, fistuli- +
(page 2)