Sublingual salivary gland

Sublingual salivary gland lies:

A. Superior to Mylohyoid
B. Inferior to Mylohyoid
C. Deep to Geniohyoid
D. In the vestibule

.  Ans. (A) Superior to Mylohyoid: (Ref: B.D. Chaurasia, 3rd Ed, Vol lll/Pg 133) Repeat AIPG 2007- Q9

Sublingual salivary gland: • It is the smallest of the three major salivary glands  • It is “Almond shaped”  • It weighs about 3-4 g

• Lies above the Mylohyoid, below the mucosa of the floor of the mouth, medial to the sublingual fossa of the mandible & lateral to the Geniohyoid.

• About 15 ducts emerge from the gland. Most of them emerge open directly in to the floor of the mouth on the summit of the sublingual fold.