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What is a submandibular gland?

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Your submandibular glands are located below your tongue and toward your jaw near (distal and medial) the angle of the mandible where the bone angles up towards your jaw. Sub means below/under, mandible is the jaw bone.

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Sub means under. Lingual means tongue. Therefore your sub-lingual gland is under your tongue.

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The submaxillary gland is located under the jaw, as indicated by the name. It's a salivary gland.

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big pairs of salivary glands.The submandibular glands are located on the floor of the mouth, with one on the inner side of each part of the lower jaw, or mandible.

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submandibular gland (one of the salivary glands)

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They are located in the neck, under the mandible (jaw bone).

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Under the jaw

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