A flexor-pronator strain of the elbow is a common source of pain in the elbows of pitchers. The flexor-pronator muscle are a source of medial elbow pain in throwing athletes. Note the location of the flexor-pronator origin (orange arrow).
Print. The salivary glands produce saliva to moisten the mouth, to help protect teeth from decay and to digest food. The three major salivary glands are the parotid gland, submandibular gland (also called the submaxillary gland), and sublingual glands. Saliva drains into the mouth through small tubes called ducts.1  The parotid gland makes 25% of the saliva and drains into the mouth near the upper teeth.rint. The salivary glands produce saliva to moisten the mouth, to help protect teeth from decay and to digest food. The three major salivary glands are the parotid gland, submandibular gland (also called the submaxillary gland), and sublingual glands. Saliva drains into the mouth through small tubes called ducts.
The sublingual glands are the smallest major salivary glands and are located anterior to the submandibular glands, also under the jaw. In addition to the major salivary glands, hundreds of minor salivary glands, each about the size of a grain of sand, line the membranes of the inside of the mouth.umors of the parotid glands, the largest salivary glands, have only a 20% likelihood of malignancy, whereas tumors of the minor salivary glands have an 80% likelihood of being malignant. The most common type of benign salivary gland tumor is a benign mixed tumor, or pleomorphic adenoma.