PRIMATE ALVEOLINGUAL SALIV.\RY AREA 



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In the human variant belonging to this group (Figs. 10 and 15, 

 Part I, schema 14. Part l\\ i") both ventral and dorsal accessory 

 submaxillaries are present. The former extend forwards in the 

 supramylohyoid space, and their relation to the greater sublingual 



Fig. 16. Schema of alveolingual salivary complex of Cynocephalus babauin 



(Part III, Fig. 4). 



gland (2) and the group of the lesser sublinguals (j) shows their 

 participation in the buUding up of the adult "massa sublingualis" 

 bj- all three glandular components (/", 2. and j). In addition 

 the human subject may develop a few separate glandular elements, 

 belonging to the primitive diffuse oral floor, mesad of the main sub- 



FiG. 17. Schema of alveolingual salivarj' complex of C^Ttoce/'AdiMS Aa»w<fryo5 



(Part m. Fig. 5). 



maxillary duct. These small glandular elements, inconspicuous in 

 the majority of individual instances, may in others reach a greater 

 degree of development and even become confluent with the lateral 

 diffuse field of the lesser subHnguals, in which case the submaxillary 



