Anatomy
submandibular gland Audio
sub·man·dib·u·lar gland [ suhb-man-dib-yuh-ler ]
Subclass of:
Salivary Glands
Definitions related to submandibular gland:
  • One of the three chief, paired salivary glands, lying partly above and partly below the posterior half of the base of the mandible.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • One of two salivary glands in the neck, located in the space bound by the two bellies of the digastric muscle and the angle of the mandible. It discharges through the submandibular duct. The secretory units are predominantly serous although a few mucous alveoli, some with serous demilunes, occur. (Stedman, 25th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The salivary gland located adjacent to the mandible.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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