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salivary glands

  1. The glands in the mouth cavity that secrete saliva .


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Over time, these patients develop visibly enlarged salivary glands; they can also become malnourished.

These migrate to the salivary glands, and are carried into the blood of the person whom the mosquito bites.

In most of the Dibranchiata there are two pairs of salivary glands.

We extirpated the salivary glands of dogs in order to find out if they would slobber without them.

Chewing stimulates the salivary glands to give out secretions to aid in disposing of what we eat.

When we eat or taste something which we like, the salivary glands make so much saliva that we sometimes say the mouth waters.

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