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What is the medical term meaning inflammation of a gland?
Dacryoadenitis means inflammation of the tear gland.
What is the smallest salivary gland?
It's the sublingual salivary gland.
What does adenoitis mean?
Simply "inflammation of a gland". "Aden" is latin for gland. It might refer to an inflamed salivary gland, thymus, thyroid... whatever. It is nonspecific that way, in the same way that "myositis" refers to an inflammation in any muscle, and "neuritis" in any nerve.
What causes sublinguitis?
Sublinguitis is inflammation in the sublingual gland. It can be caused by mumps, a stone in the salivary duct, tumors, and bacterial parotitis.
What salivary gland is the largest?
The largest salivary gland is parotid
What does the salivary glands consists of?
There are 3 salivary glands; the parotid gland, the sublingual gland, and the submandibular gland. The submandibular gland used to be the "submaxillary gland."
What is the medical term meaning salivary gland scan?
A salivary gland scan, also called a parotid gland scan
Which salivary gland produces a serous secretion containing large amounts of salivary amylase?
Parotid Gland
What salivary gland do you gleek out of?
The sublingual gland.
What is an example of an exocrine gland?
The salivary gland.
What salivary glands are located under the tongue with ducts that open in the floor of the mouth?
The sublingual gland is the salivary gland found under the tongue.
What is the diagnosis code for removal of mucocele lower lip?
ICD-9 code is= 527.6 Mucocele of salivary gland. Extravasation cyst of salivary gland-retention cyst of salivary gland-ranula.
