Blandin Nuhn gland

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The Blandin-Nuhn gland , also Nuhn gland , tongue gland or lat. Glandula lingual anterior called, is a seromucous exocrine gland , the both sides of the septum lingnae is located in the region of the tip of the tongue. In the Anglo-Saxon literature, the gland belonging to the small salivary glands is called Blandin's gland .

The Blandin-Nuhn gland is embedded in the tongue muscles . Their ducts open onto the mucous membrane on the underside of the tongue.

The namesake for the Blandin-Nuhn gland are the Parisian anatomist Philippe Frédéric Blandin (1798–1849) and the Heidelberg anatomist (Johann) Anton Nuhn (1814–1889).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ N. Schwenzer and M. Ehrenfeld: Special surgery. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-135-93503-5 , p. 24