PART V 



THE ANATOMY OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS IN THE 



CARNIVORA 



By Churchill Carmalt 



The salivary glands of the domesticated carnivores, the dog and cat, 

 have naturally been the subject of much study, and the larger elements 

 are described in some detail and with moderate accuracy, in the nu- 

 merous works which deal with the anatomy of the domesticated animals 

 collectively, or solely with that of the cat. Apart from such general 

 studies, the glands of the alveoUngual region have been the objects 

 of more critical investigation in recent years. Ranvier ('86) and Zum- 

 stein ('91) have recorded their condition in a large number of mam- 

 mals, and Illing (04) has made careful and detailed studies of their 

 anatomy and minute structure in the domesticated animals, giving in 

 addition a copious bibliography and review of the Uterature. Else- 

 where (Part Vni) the general results of the study of these glands 

 and their bearing upon questions of terminology have been considered ; 

 accordingly we shall limit ourselves here to the definitions of the several 

 glands in question and the statement of the names by which we shall 

 designate them. 



I. The glands of the alveolingual region. 



1 . Glandida snhmaxiUaris. — The body is below the angle of the man- 

 dible and lateral to the digastric muscle. The duct passes between 

 this muscle and the lower jaw, to gain the oral surface of the mylohyoid 

 muscle, where it passes forward horizontally to open upon a minute 

 caruncle, common to it and the ductus subungualis major, attached 

 to the frenulum hngux close to the symphysis. The submaxillary duct 

 is ventral to that of the glandula subungualis major, its orifice mesal. 



2. Glandula subliiigualis major, greater subhngual, or Barthohnian, 

 gland. — The body regularly extends caudad of the free border of the 



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