0 relating to the lower jaw (= the bone in the part of the face that moves when the mouth is opened):
submaxillary glands
Their teeth do not have channels, but a concavity on the first incisors may collect and transmit saliva from the submaxillary ducts, which open near the base of these teeth.
The upper part of the former contains the submaxillary gland also known as the submandibular glands, which lies just below the posterior half of the body of the jaw.
Submaxillary ganglion labeled at center right.
Their afferent vessels drain the eyelids, the conjunctiva, and the skin and mucous membrane of the nose and cheek; their efferents pass to the submaxillary glands.
Submaxillary and cervical lymph nodes sometimes enlarge and the neck is swollen.
These species have significantly enlarged and granular submaxillary salivary glands from which the toxic saliva is produced.
In some texts the chinshields are referred to as "submaxillary" scales.
Solenodons create venom in enlarged submaxillary glands, and only inject venom through their bottom set of teeth.
