Abstract
Abstract The volumes of 153 submandibular salivary glands were determined by a method of differential weighings in air and in a fluid of low density. Volumes ranged from below 2 cm3 to over 15 cm3. Male glands were larger than female glands on average by 50 per cent. In old age a reduction in gland volume was noted. Frequent individual contralateral volume differences were found. 8.5 per cent of submandibular glands were directly continuous with the sublingual gland. Inaccuracies in methods employing a direct estimation of volume were overcome in the present method in which direct measurements were made only of weights. For the clinician, the present finding of a wide range of inter- and intra-subject variability in size and shape of submandibular glands is of both diagnostic and surgical importance.
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