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Sublingual caruncle

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Latin
  
Caruncula sublingualis

TA
  
A05.1.01.112

Dorlands /Elsevier
  
c_13/12217400

FMA
  
77273

Sublingual caruncle

The sublingual caruncle is a small prominence on either side of the frenulum on the under surface of the tongue. They mark the site where the submandibular glands empty into the oral cavity via the submandibular duct (of Wharton).

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Sublingual caruncle Wikipedia