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Digestive tract
Major salivary glands
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Objectives of 2nd GIT Lab.
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Parotid gland MH 094 (higher power)
Types of secretory acini in parotid are:
(less) serous acini (mostly), mucous tubules(few) ,mixed acini can be seen
Mixed Mucous
acini
serou
s
Parotid gland MH 094 (higher power)
Secretory unit ( serous acini)(more predominant)
Serou
s
acini
Adipose
cell
Parotid gland MH 094
Duct system : intralobular (stars) +interlobular ducts
Intralobular
interlobular
Parotid gland MH 094 (higher power)
Intercalated duct: the smallest ducts that insert into and drain
individual acini. They are more lightly stained than acini cells and
are low cuboidal.
Cross section
Longitudinal section
Parotid gland MH 094
Interlobular
duct
Submandibular gland MH 095
Inside lobule: serous acini (mainly), mucous tubules, mixed acini
mixed
mucus
serous
Submandibular gland MH 095 (higher power)
Types of secretory acini
Submandibular gland MH 095
Intralobular ducts: includes intercalated and striated ducts
Interlobular ducts : lie outside lobules surrounded by C.T.
striated
Intercalated
interlobular
striated
Sublingual gland MH 096
Mixed gland with mucous tubules are more predominant than mixed acini.
Red star is main excretory duct
Sublingual gland MH 096
Secretory units are mucous tubules mainly
ducts system is simple and all ducts between acini are named
intralobular ducts
Sublingual gland MH 096
while ducts that lie outside lobule named as interlobular duct
Sublingual gland MH 096
To the Lt is submandibular gland
To the Rt is sublingual gland
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