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Salivary Ducts MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Salivary Ducts
Tree Number(s)
A03.556.500.760.640
A10.336.779.640
A14.549.760.640
Unique ID
D018987
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018987
Annotation
diseases of salivary ducts: coordinate with SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES; diseases of ducts of a specific salivary gland: coordinate with specific salivary gland disease or specific salivary gland and SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES
Scope Note
Any of the ducts which transport saliva. Salivary ducts include the parotid duct, the major and minor sublingual ducts, and the submandibular duct.
Entry Term(s)
Stensen's Duct
Wharton's Duct
Previous Indexing
Salivary Glands (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note
96
History Note
96
Date Established
1996/01/01
Date of Entry
1995/05/24
Revision Date
2016/08/09
Salivary Ducts Preferred
Stensen's Duct Narrower
Wharton's Duct Narrower
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