Salivary Ducts
"Salivary Ducts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Any of the ducts which transport saliva. Salivary ducts include the parotid duct, the major and minor sublingual ducts, and the submandibular duct.
| Descriptor ID |
D018987
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.500.760.640 A10.336.779.640 A14.549.760.640
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| Concept/Terms |
Salivary Ducts- Salivary Ducts
- Duct, Salivary
- Ducts, Salivary
- Salivary Duct
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McArthur CP, Wang Y, Heruth D, Gustafson S. Amplification of extracellular matrix and oncogenes in tat-transfected human salivary gland cell lines with expression of laminin, fibronectin, collagens I, III, IV, c-myc and p53. Arch Oral Biol. 2001 Jun; 46(6):545-55.