Tim Taylor is a senior writer at Innerbody Research focusing on human anatomy and physiology. Tim earned both his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and his Master's degree in Teaching from the University of Pittsburgh.
The lingual glands refer to any of the glands that have secretions that empty onto the tongue's surface. The anterior lingual glands, also called Nuhn's glands, Buahin's glands, or Blandin's glands, can be found close to the tip of the tongue, near the tongue's lower surface.
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