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Descriptor English: Salivary Ducts
Descriptor Spanish: Conductos Salivales
Descriptor conductos salivales
Entry term(s) conductos salivares
Scope note: Cualquiera de los conductos que trasportan la saliva. Los conductos salivales incluyen el conducto parotídeo, los conductos salivales mayor y menor, y el conducto submandibular.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ductos Salivares
Descriptor French: Conduits salivaires
Entry term(s): Duct, Salivary
Duct, Stensen's
Duct, Wharton's
Ducts, Salivary
Salivary Duct
Stensen Duct
Stensen's Duct
Stensens Duct
Wharton Duct
Wharton's Duct
Whartons Duct
Tree number(s): A03.556.500.760.640
A10.336.779.640
A14.549.760.640
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018987
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.
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
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Salivary Glands (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
DeCS ID: 32615
Unique ID: D018987
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/05/24
Revision Date: 2016/08/09
Salivary Ducts - Preferred
Concept UI M0028360
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.
Preferred term Salivary Ducts
Entry term(s) Duct, Salivary
Ducts, Salivary
Salivary Duct
Wharton's Duct - Narrower
Concept UI M0028359
Preferred term Wharton's Duct
Entry term(s) Duct, Wharton's
Wharton Duct
Whartons Duct
Stensen's Duct - Narrower
Concept UI M0028358
Preferred term Stensen's Duct
Entry term(s) Duct, Stensen's
Stensen Duct
Stensens Duct



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