LINGUAL GLANDS

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BLANDIN and NUHN’s glands
These are anterior ligual glands located near apex of tongue and is chiefly mucous nature
Covered by thin mucous membrane on inferior surface of tongue
It is a compact package of smaller glands that open with several ducts on the inferior surface tongue

VON EBNER’s glands
These are the posterior lingual serous glands located between the muscle fibres of the tongue, below the vallate papillae

POSTERIOR LINGUAL glands
They are located lateral and posterior to vallate apillae in association with the tonsils…purely mucous in nature
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