The features of morphology of initial parts of tongue salivary glands

The aim of the study is to establish the patterns of age-related dynamics of numbers and forms of lingual salivary glands in humans. The article presents data on the structure of lingual glands, in particular, on the number of glands that have one and many initial divisions. The total preparations of the salivary glands of the tongue (149 men and 150 women from 0 to 96 years old) electrically stained in a 0,5% solution of acetic acid with 0,05% methylene blue solution were studied by a macroscopic method. According to the results of the study, it is established that there are strong, highly reliable statistical correlations between the number and forms of lingual salivary glands with age. The data obtained are discussed from the point of view of the functional anatomy of the language.