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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:Weber's gland
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Accession:UBERON:0034934 term browser browse the term
Definition:One of the lingual glands located on the lateral margins of the tongue, at the level of the foliate papillae and in the root of the tongue behind the circumvallate papillae.
Comment:[taxon-note] "in humans, the ducts of posterior superficial lingual glands open into the crypts of lingual tonsils; mucous supplied by these glands may help to cleanse the crypts and aid in deglutition"
Synonyms:exact_synonym: gland of Weber;   posterior superficial lingual gland



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        developing anatomical structure 0
          future tongue 0
            tongue 0
              gland of tongue 0
                Weber's gland 0
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    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  presumptive structure 0
                    presumptive gut 0
                      digestive tract 0
                        subdivision of digestive tract 0
                          mouth 0
                            oral opening 0
                              mucosa of oral region 0
                                oral lamina propria 0
                                  minor salivary gland 0
                                    Weber's gland 0
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