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                                                                  of the secretory epithelial cells. The product of the glan-
                     ·  parotid salivary gland (glandula parotis),
       VetBooks.ir   ·  mandibular salivary gland (glandula mandibularis),  dular epithelial cells passes into a system of ducts lined
                                                                  by cuboidal to columnar epithelium. Structural features
                     ·  sublingual glands (glandulae sublinguales):
                                                                  common to the major salivary glands include:
                          − glandula sublingualis monostomatica and
                          − glandula sublingualis polystomatica.
                                                                    ·  acinar or tubulo-acinar end pieces:
                                                                         − serous, mucous or mixed,
                   All salivary glands (Figures 10.13 to 10.17) are invested by     − presence of myoepithelial cells,
                   a connective tissue capsule (capsula glandularis). Septa     − merocrine mode of secretion,
                   composed of collagen fibre bundles (septa interlobaria and   ·  intralobular ducts:
                   septa interlobularia) extend into the gland tissue, giving     − located within a lobule,
                   rise to lobules of varying size. Vessels, autonomic nerves     − intercalated duct (simple cuboidal) and striated
                   and portions of the duct system course within the con-  duct (simple columnar),
                   nective tissue.                                  ·  interlobular, interlobar and main ducts:
                      The secretory product is produced in acinar or tub-    − epithelium changes from simple to bi-layered
                   ulo-acinar end pieces and may be mucous, serous or   columnar to stratified cuboidal to columnar; ter-
                   mixed (Figures 10.14 and 10.15) (see Chapter 2, ‘Epithelial   minally the epithelium is stratified squamous,
                   tissue’, ‘Glandular epithelium’). Secretion occurs by the     − smooth muscle cells and
                   merocrine mode.                                       − goblet cells (main ducts).
                      The glandular end pieces are surrounded by modified
                   contractile epithelial cells, referred to as myoepithelial
                   cells or basket cells. These cells lie within the basal lamina

















































                   10.13  Structure of a tubulo-acinar compound salivary gland with serous, mucous and mixed end pieces
                   (schematic).









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