“wharton's”

The following 2 entries include the term wharton's.

Wharton's duct

noun

: the duct of the submandibular gland that opens into the mouth on a papilla at the side of the frenulum of the tongue

Wharton's jelly

noun

: a soft connective tissue that occurs in the umbilical cord and consists of large stellate fibroblasts and a few wandering cells and macrophages embedded in a homogeneous jellylike intercellular substance

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