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Salivary Glands!
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What is a submandibular gland?
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.
What is the most painful pressure point?
Right under the ear behind the jaw
What attachs to the jaw?
The jaw is attached to the skull by a hinged joint that allow movement of the lower mandible. apart from this, you could say the lower gum, teeth and tongue are attached to the jaw.
Why does under your tongue squirt water?
It is because under your tongue there are salivary glands that "shoot" out saliva
Is it possible to touch your nose with your tongue?
yes.. i can even put my tongue behind it
What is a submandibular gland?
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.
What is The tongue is supported by?
The tongue is anchored to the jaw and the larynx.
What is the most painful pressure point?
Right under the ear behind the jaw
How big is your tongue?
The length of your jaw
What are the three sets of salivary glands on horses?
The 3 sets of salivary glands are as follows: parotid is the largest and is located near the poll (poll is the place right behind the ears.) submaxillary is located in the jaw. sublingual is located under the tongue.
Where do you check the pulse of a horse?
Under the jaw, just on the back side of the large round bone. You place your thumb on the front of the jaw and your other fingers behind the jaw and feel for the pulse in the mandibular artery.
Which muscles are used the most in the body?
the tongue and jaw
What is a growth on lower jaw near the tongue?
exostosis
Where is the tongue supposed to rest?
The tongue rests in your mouth. It fit perfectly in your bottom jaw and is the strongest muscle in your body.
What muscle moves food into the esophagus?
A combination of your tongue and jaw muscles
What is the medical term meaning behind the tongue?
Glossopharyngeal means pertaining to the tongue and throat.glossopharynxGlossopharyngealglossopharynx (glossopharyngeal)Glossopharyngeal means pertaining to the pharynx and the tongue.
What muscle is the busiest muscle in the body?
The busiest muscle is probably the tongue or the jaw muscle because if you eat or talk, you use both. But probably the jaw because there are some sounds you can make without the tongue but both are useful.
