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MeSH Heading: Salivary Glands
Tree Number(s): A03.556.500.760; A10.336.779; A14.549.760
Unique ID: D012469
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012469
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; SALIVATION is also available; inflammation = SIALADENITIS; tuberculosis of salivary glands or tubercular sialadenitis = SIALADENITIS + TUBERCULOSIS, ORAL
Scope Note: Glands that secrete SALIVA in the MOUTH. There are three pairs of salivary glands (PAROTID GLAND; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND).
NLM Classification #: WI 230
See Also: Sialography
Consider Also: consider also terms at SIAL-
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/08/09

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Salivary Glands MeSH Descriptor Data 2025