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Palatine glands

Palatine glands
Details
Identifiers
Latin glandulae palatinae
Dorlands
/Elsevier
g_06/12392532
TA A05.1.02.017
FMA 59795 71616, 59795
Anatomical terminology
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The palatine glands form a continuous layer on the posterior surface of the mucous membrane of the soft palate and around the uvula.They are pure mucous glands.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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