Serous glands
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| Vertical section of papilla foliata of the rabbit, passing across the folia. (Serous gland labeled at bottom right.) | |
| Latin | glandula serosa |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | g_06/12392686 |
Serous glands contain serous acini, a grouping of serous cells that secrete a fluid, isotonic with blood plasma, that contains enzymes such as alpha amylase.
Serous glands are most common in the parotid gland, but are also present in the submandibular gland and, to a far lesser extent, the sublingual gland.
[edit] External links
- Anatomy Atlases - Microscopic Anatomy, plate 10.180 - "Tongue: Mucous and Serous Glands"
- Anatomy Atlases - Microscopic Anatomy, plate 10.182 - "Lingual Glands"
- Histology at BU 10101loa - "Epithelial Tissue, Surface Specializations, and Glands multicellular; pure serous gland"
- Overview at siumed.edu
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mechanism (Merocrine, Apocrine, Holocrine) shape (Tubular gland, Alveolar gland) secretion (Serous glands, Mucous glands, Serous demilune)
Ducts: Interlobar duct, Interlobular duct, Intralobular duct (Striated duct, Intercalated duct), Acinus
