Definition of Salivary duct

1. Noun. A duct through which saliva passes from the salivary gland into the mouth.

Generic synonyms: Canal, Channel, Duct, Epithelial Duct

Medical Definition of Salivary duct

1. A type of intralobular duct found in some salivary glands that modifies the secretory product; it derives its name from extensive infolding of the basal membrane. Synonym: salivary duct, secretory duct. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salivary Duct

saliva
saliva pump
saliva test
salivae
salival
salivalike
salivant
salivants
salivaria
salivarium
salivary
salivary calculus
salivary colic
salivary corpuscle
salivary digestion
salivary duct (current term)
salivary duct calculi
salivary ducts
salivary fistula
salivary gland
salivary gland biopsy
salivary gland calculi
salivary gland disease
salivary gland fistula
salivary gland hormone
salivary gland virus
salivary glands
salivary proteins
salivary virus
salivas

Literary usage of Salivary duct

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"It will be seen then that the common salivary duct ends (lumen 5/t) in the centre of ... He found that the salivary duct empties, not into the center of the ..."

2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1882)
"On the Re-establishment of a divided salivary duct. By W. THORNLEY STOKER, MD; Fellow, Member of Council, and Professor of Anatomy, Royal College of ..."

3. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"Usually each gland empties into a salivary duct, the two ducts joining into a common ... 1. Salivary glands; 2. salivary duct; 3. Common salivary duct; 4 ..."

4. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"I have the notes of several that were congenital. f beneath the tongue (their usual position), the salivary duct can readily be traced lying over them (Fig. ..."

5. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1877)
"On the under side of the lingua are two broader sclerites, which also unite and form an arch, which lies over the opening of the salivary duct. ..."

6. Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals by Richard Owen (1855)
"As granulated glands, which on each side unite into a salivary duct, both of which join into a single excretory duct. Müller has observed this high form of ..."

7. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"It will be seen then that the common salivary duct ends (lumen 5/t) in the centre of ... He found that the salivary duct empties, not into the center of the ..."

8. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1882)
"On the Re-establishment of a divided salivary duct. By W. THORNLEY STOKER, MD; Fellow, Member of Council, and Professor of Anatomy, Royal College of ..."

9. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"Usually each gland empties into a salivary duct, the two ducts joining into a common ... 1. Salivary glands; 2. salivary duct; 3. Common salivary duct; 4 ..."

10. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"I have the notes of several that were congenital. f beneath the tongue (their usual position), the salivary duct can readily be traced lying over them (Fig. ..."

11. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1877)
"On the under side of the lingua are two broader sclerites, which also unite and form an arch, which lies over the opening of the salivary duct. ..."

12. Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals by Richard Owen (1855)
"As granulated glands, which on each side unite into a salivary duct, both of which join into a single excretory duct. Müller has observed this high form of ..."

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