Scientists find a new organ in humans - the tubarial salivary glands in the posterior naso-pharynx area - finding may explain incidence of dry mouth in those receiving radiation in head/neck area (as radiologists avoid the known salivary glands but did not know to avoid these glands in the past)

Summary:

Scientists find a new organ in humans - the tubarial salivary glands in the posterior naso-pharynx area - finding may explain incidence of dry mouth in those receiving radiation in head/neck area (as radiologists avoid the known salivary glands but did not know to avoid these glands in the past)

Paper:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32976871/ The tubarial salivary glands: A potential new organ at risk for radiotherapy

Video:

The Whiteboard Doctor covers this discovery in his video:

https://youtu.be/B7dFisvUHmM Researchers Discover Probable New Organ In The Throat: The Tubarian Glands! Oct 23, 2020

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