Anterior lingual glands


Anterior lingual glands are deeply placed seromucous glands that are located near the tip of the tongue on each side of the frenulum linguae. They are found on the under surface of the apex of the tongue, and are covered by a bundle of muscular fibers derived from the Styloglossus and Longitudinalis inferior. They are between in length, and approximately wide, and each opens by three or four ducts on the under surface of the tongue's apex.
The anterior lingual glands are sometimes referred by eponymous names such as:
These glands are present in the large apes but not in the small apes like gibbons and represent an evolutionary divergence.