108 IS SALIVATION. 



ity iii different animals, constituting, in our domestic quad- 

 rupeds, what the anatomist calls compound racemose glands. 

 There are two great groups of salivary glands 1st, Those 

 that are within the mouth, or directly applied to its mucous 

 membrane; and, 2nd, Those that are beyond the mouth. 

 The first are in the lips labial; in the cheeks buccal ; and 

 in the tongue lingual glands. The buccal glands are some- 

 times largely developed above the molar teeth, and are called 

 molar glands, and the lingual are only seen in man and 

 monkeys. 



The large salivary glands which communicate with the 

 interior of the mouth by tubes of considerable length are 



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the parotids, one on either side (see Fig. 61) ; the submaxil- 

 lary and the sublinguaL The parotid glands, situated behind 



