Sublingual caruncle

System Digestive
SNOMED CT 85139009

Sublingual caruncle

Definition

The sublingual caruncle is a site on either side of the frenulum linguae on the sublingual surface of the tongue. There it denotes the site at which the submandibular gland empties into the oral cavity.

The Sublingual caruncle is a part of the Digestive.

Also identified as