Salivary in a sentence

Every day, the salivary glands of an average adult produce between 500 and 1,500 milliliters of saliva to aid digestion and preserve oral health.

Nanonitrator prevented tissue damage in a model of radiation-induced salivary gland injury, verifying their improved efficacy over that of sodium nitrate alone.

After four weeks of use, the aloe vera mouth rinse decreased plaque, gingivitis, and salivary Streptococcus mutans (a plaque-producing bacterium), making it comparable to that of chlorhexidine.

Apart from initiating digestion, most ants' salivary secretions have antimicrobial properties, which help to control bacterial infection when they lick wounds.

Oral cancer can affect the salivary glands and reduce the amount produced.

However, after agreeing to induce her baby at 38 weeks, an MRI scan at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff picked up a lump on her salivary gland, which doctors initially thought was benign.

Plasmodium must then cross the Anopheles mosquito's gut and become established in their salivary glands, at which point it can be transmitted to another human when the mosquito feeds again.

Under oral cancer, presence of specific salivary microbes (such as Prevotella melaninogenica, Capnocytophaga gingivalis and Streptococcus mitis) can be diagnostic markers.

L-theanine, when taken together with chamomile, has been said to reduce salivary cortisol levels (a stress hormone that is found in saliva).

Most parasites were either inside the basement membrane or in the secretory cavity, the report, with only a few parasites making the salivary ducts.

I got to try the Galaxy hop variety — and it was outstanding, bringing together luscious, tropical hops with a citrusy tang and enough sour funk to stimulate the salivary glands without overloading them.

It’s a rare cancer that often starts in the salivary glands and lymph nodes in the jaw and neck.

Mumps is a contagious viral illness with symptoms that include swollen or tender salivary glands, swollen or tender testicles, low-grade fever, tiredness and muscle aches, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Salivary gland diseases as seen in Diabetes, Sjogren's syndrome.

To infect liver cells, researchers must first isolate Plasmodium from the salivary glands of infected mosquitos where it only exists in small numbers.

Also, lymphocyte infiltrates and salivary dysfunction were observed which were similar to the symptoms seen in human SS.

Although this explains the more obvious symptoms, i.e. the lack of salivary and lacrimal fluid, it does not explain the more widespread systemic effects seen in the progression of the disease.

A pair of former nephridia in the head were converted secondarily into the salivary glands, while another pair in the final segment of male specimens now serve as glands that apparently play a role in reproduction.

Data has shown that pre-existing proteins in the salivary glands were the origin of the toxins in snake venom.

Dental plaque Dental plaque is an oral biofilm that adheres to the teeth and consists of many species of both bacteria and fungi (such as Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans), embedded in salivary polymers and microbial extracellular products.