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inner side of the jaw near the middle on either side is the fossa for the sublingual gland, while the submaxillary gland lies in a fossa farther back on either side.

Sometimes the lower jaw is dislocated and when once this has occurred it is liable to occur again, the ligaments becoming stretched.