SALIVARY GLANDS 



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iust inside the angle of the mandible. It lies on the mylohyoid 

 muscle and posteriorly is in contact with the sterno-masi 



muscle. , -, 



The duct (Wharton's) leaves the deep surface ot 



and passing forwards beneath the mylohyoid muscle pier< 



floor of the mouth under the tongue. 

 The Subling-ual Gland is a small gland which 



floor of the mouth under the tongue, covered only by mucc 



membrane. 



Stenscm s Duct 



Rivini 



\; 



Wharton's Duct 



FIG. 48. THE SALIVARY GLANDS. 



The ducts (of Rivini) are numerous and small, and pierce the 

 mucous membrane covering the gland. 



The Liver is the largest of all the digestive glands. It lies 

 beneath the right cupola of the diaphragm and against the ribs 

 on the right side of the body. Its function is to secrete the bile, 

 which is carried to the duodenum by the bile-duct. On the bile- 

 duct is a small diverticulum the gall bladder in which the 

 bile is stored until required. 



The liver lies mainly in the right hypochondrium, but the 

 thin left side of it reaches as far as the left Poupart plane. Its 

 lower border extends from the sixth costal cartilage on the left 

 side to the tenth rib on the right side ; it very often extends 



