"Salivary Glands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Glands that secrete SALIVA in the MOUTH. There are three pairs of salivary glands (PAROTID GLAND; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND).
| Descriptor ID |
D012469
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.500.760 A10.336.779 A14.549.760
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| Concept/Terms |
Salivary Glands- Salivary Glands
- Gland, Salivary
- Glands, Salivary
- Salivary Gland
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Accuracy and effectiveness of ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy in the diagnosis of focal lesions in the salivary glands. Eur Radiol. 2018 Jul; 28(7):2934-2941.