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salivary gland

glands that produces saliva
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Summary

salivary gland is a gland type[1]. It draws 3,085 Wikipedia views per month (gland type category, ranking #6 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3]
  • Subclass of: exocrine gland[4], lobular organ[5], particular anatomical entity[6]
  • Commons category: Salivary glands[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Salivary glands[8]
  • Anatomical location: oral cavity[9]
  • Commons gallery: Salivary gland[10]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C12426[13]
  • Development of anatomical structure: salivary gland development[14]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/salivary-glands[15]

Why It Matters

salivary gland has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . fr.dentist. fr.dentist. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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