A secret set of salivary glands has been hiding behind the nose. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have discovered a new ...

Physicians in the Netherlands believe they have found a fourth pair of large salivary glands in the space where the nasal cavity meets the throat, according to a study in Radiotherapy and Oncology.

In addition to the newly discovered pair of glands, the human body has three more large sets and about 1,000 glands scattered throughout the mouth and throat. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons ...

A recent study described a dense collection of bilateral submucosal glands at the top of throat as a new organ and a pair of salivary glands. Anatomists from India have now debunked this finding 1.

They appear to be a fourth pair of large salivary glands, tucked into the space where the nasal cavity meets the throat. By Katherine J. Wu After millenniums of careful slicing and dicing, it might ...