VM 610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sublingual Gland, Osteotomy

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Veterinary Medicine Courses
• Course: VM 610
• Professor: G I Surgery

Document Summary

Monostomatic gland: located more rostrally, and drains in the sublingual caruncles zygomatic: ventral to the zygomatic arch:: not palpable. extremely hard to see, it"s not a duct we can cannulate. o o. Most common area of accumulation is the intermandibular region bc of gravity. this is called a cervical mucocele ranula mucocele: under the tongue. Will be on one side. won"t be able to move tongue::might have troubles eating, licking. might see blood tinged saliva. Pharyngeal mucocele: aggregates w/in the pharynx and causes a swelling difficulty breathing or swallowing bc it causes an obstruction. Would see swelling on oral exam: might need to fna it to be sure it"s not a mass zygomatic mucocele: aggregates w/in the zygomatic area and causes a swelling exopthalmus- eye pushed forward. causes a divergent strabismus. Aseptic fna the area so you don"t introduce infxn.