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Histology Lecture 3b -- Salivary Glands Flashcards

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From what are glands derived?

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Ectoderm or endoderm layers

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3 steps in the development of glands

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  1. The epithelium invaginates into the underlying connective tissue, bringing the epithelial basal lamina with it
  2. The invagination develops a lumen that communicates to the original surface
  3. The invagination differentiates into a secretory unit as its furthest part and a duct that connects the secretory unit to the epithelium
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Define exocrine glands

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Product made by the secretory unit of the gland and is delivered by the duct to the surface from which the invagination occurred

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Define endocrine glands

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The duct loses its connection with the secretory unit and the unit secretes into the connective tissue around it and ultimately into the blood vessels (ductless glands)

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3 classes of exocrine glands based on the shape of secretory unit

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  • Tubular
  • Acinar
  • Alveolar
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Define tubular exocrine glands

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Unifrom diameter for the secretory unit and the duct (i.e. sweat gland)

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Define acinar exocrine glands

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A grape-like secretory unit is attached to a duct (i.e. salivary glands)

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Define alveolar exocrine glands

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A flask-shaped secretory unit, but is not often used because it can be confused with an alveolus of the lung

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2 classes of exocrine glands based on the relationship between secretory unit and duct

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  • Simple = one secretory unit to one duct (i.e. sweat gland)
  • Compound = a branching tree-like system with secretory units at the ends of all the branches (i.e. salivary glands)
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4 classes of glands based on the manner in which cells secrete

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  • Holocrine
  • Merocrine
  • Apocrine
  • Cytocrine
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Define holocrine glands

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  • Entire cell is the secretion product
  • The gland cells become filled with the secretory substance and the cell dies and disintegrates as it forms the secretion product
  • Example = sebaceous glands of the hair
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Define merocrine glands

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  • Secretion based on production of membrane-bound secretory granules that are exocytosed or secreted to the outside of the cell
  • No loss of cell material as membrane is derived from the Golgi apparatus and retrieved by fusion with cell membrane
  • Secretory product is made de novo for export
  • Example = all salivary glands
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Define apocrine glands

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  • A small part of the cell cytoplasm is lost as part of the secretion
  • Example = matrix vesicles from hypertrophic chondrocytes in the cartilaginous growth plate
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Define cytocrine glands

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  • Part of one cell containing the secretory granule is phagocytosed by another cell
  • Example = melanosomes produced by melanocytes phagocytosed by keratinocytes in the skin
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3 classes of glands based on the type of secretion product

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  • Serous
  • Mucous
  • Mixed
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Define serous glands

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Producition of a watery secretion, usually glycoproteins that are enzymes

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Define mucous glands

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Production of a secretion that is high in carbohydrates (about 50% protein, 50% carbs)

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Define mixed glands

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Acinus is composed of both serous and mucous cells, or there is a mucous acinus with a serous demilune

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Describe the arrangement of serous cells

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Usually arranged as acinar secretory units. Their pyramidal shapes are arranged in a spherical unit with the apices of the cells meeting to form a small lumen

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How may the luminal surface area of serous glands by increased?

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Interncellular canalicules between serous cells

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Describe the cell base of serous cells

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  • Basophilic
  • Occupied by abundant parallel cisternae of rER
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Describe the apex of serous cells

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  • Filled with eosinophilic zymogen granules
  • Under certain conditions of poor fixation, the granules may be dissolved, leaving empty vacuoles
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Describe the nuclei of serous cells

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  • Spherical and located towards the base of the cells, usually surrounded by rER
  • Prominent nucleoli (high protein synthesis)
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What drains the acini of serous glands?

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Intercalated duct

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How are mucous cells arranged?

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  • As acinar or tubular secretory units
  • Cuboidal cells arranged around a large lumen
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Describe the rim and base of mucous cells

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  • Rim of darkly stained cytoplasm rich in rER at the base
  • Flattened dark-stained nuclei at base
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Describe the apex of mucous cells

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Filled with large mucinogen droplets or granules, whose proteins have a high sugar content

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Why might it be hard to see the lumen of a mucous gland despite it being larger than a serous gland?

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The secretory product of mucous glands, mucin, fills the large lumen when released and hydrated

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How are mucous acini drained?

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By intercalated or larger ducts

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Describe the distribution of cells in mixed acini

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Most often composed of a mucous acinus capped by a serous demilune (a cap of serous cells sitting on a mucous acinus)

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What empties a mixed acinus?

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The secretions enter a common duct, which may be intercalated

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Describe what immediately surrounds all secretory units of glands and why

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Since all secretory units are epithelially derived, they are surrounded by a basal lamina, which is continuous with the duct and ultimately the epithelium of origin

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What lies between basal lamina and the base of secretory units in some acini?

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Epithelial cells with contractile properties (myoepithelial cells) and therefore contain actin and myosin

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3 divisions of duct systems (in sequence)

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  1. Intercalated
  2. Striated
  3. Collecting
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Smallest ducts

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Intercalated ducts

36
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Describe the histology of intercalated ducts

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  • Lined by simple squamous epithelium
  • Very small lumen
  • Difficut to see; only slightly bigger than capillaries
  • Very regular structures with distinctive features
37
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Diameter of striated ducts

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Same as acini

38
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Describe the histology of striated ducts (4)

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  • Regular and round in cross section
  • Lateral borders of their columner or high cuboidal cells are indistinct due to cell interdigitation
  • Round nuclei near the base
  • Deeply eosinophilic cytoplasm that is striated due to extensive basal membrane infolding and elongated mitochondria
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Function of striated ducts

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Resorption of useful fluids and ions from the crude glandular secretion

40
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Elements of the pumping mechanism in striated ducts

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Extensive basal membrane infolding and elongated mitochondria

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Largest ducts

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Collecting ducts

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Describe the histology of collecting ducts

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  • Lined by simple epithelium (cuboidal in small ducts; columnar in larger ducts)
  • Largest duct joins with the epithelium (structure resembles epithelium here) –> secretions
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What are glandular secretory units organized into?

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What are the lobules of glandular secretory units organized into?

45
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Define the capsule of a gland

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A layer of dense connective tissue covering the outer aspect of the gland

46
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How are glands divided into lobes and lobules?

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Capsular connective tissue that continues into the gland

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Function of the capsular connective tissue of the glands

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Carries the blood supply to the glandular units, but also carries the duct system

48
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Define intralobular structures of the glands and ducts

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Structures located within the lobules:

  • Acini
  • Intercalated ducts
  • Striated ducts
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Define interlobular structures of the glands and ducts

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Structures leaving the lobules to join to similar structures, such as striated ducts, which being intralobular non-striated ducts that leave the lobules immediately to join with similar ducts –> interlobular

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Differentiate between intralobular and interlobular collecting ducts

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Interlobular collecting ducts are larger

51
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Differentiate between ducts outside and within a lobule

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Outside = surrounded by much connective tissue

WIthin = little or no connective tissue around them

52
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How are lobes of a gland drained?

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Large interlobular ducts join to become large collecting ducts that drain the groups of lobules which make up a lobe of gland

53
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Define minor salivary glands

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Small compound glands located throughout the oral cavity beneath the epithelium

54
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3 major salivary glands

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  • Parotid gland
  • Submandibular gland
  • Sublingual gland
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Largest salivary gland

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Parotid gland

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Location of parotid gland

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Well encapsulated gland located in the side of the face

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What type of gland is the parotid gland?

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Pure serous gland

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What is located between the serous acini of the parotid gland?

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Deposits of unilocular adipocytes

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Describe the duct system of the parotid gland

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Includes intercalated, striated and collecting ducts

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Location of opening of the main duct of the parotid gland

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Inside of the cheek, just oppostie to the upper 2nd molar tooth

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Name of the main duct of the parotid gland

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Stenson’s duct

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Salivary gland with the greatest output

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Submandibular gland

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2 well-encapsulated major salivary glands

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Parotid gland

Submandibular gland

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Composition of the cells of the submandibular gland

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90% serous acini

10% mucous acini

65
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Describe the distribution of the acini in the submandibular gland

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Mucous acini occur in small patches distributed throughout the gland. Some may be mixed or show serous demilunes

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Location of the opening of the duct from the submandibular gland

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Under the tongue

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Name of the duct of the submandibular gland

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Wharton’s duct

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Location of the sublingual gland

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Either side of the midline of the tongue in the floor of the mouth

69
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Major salivary gland that is poorly encapsulated

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Sublingual gland

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Describe the composition of the sublingual gland

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Mixed acini; mainly mucous with serous demilunes

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Name of duct that empties the sublingual gland

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Rivinus’ ducts

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Where do Rivinus’ ducts open?

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At numerous sites along the connection of the tongue to the floor of the mouth

73
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Define xerostomia

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Dry-mouth; ack of saliva

74
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Consequences of xerostomia

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  • Difficulties in swallowing, tasting and speaking
  • Can increase the chance of dental decay and other infections of the mouth
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What can cause xerostomia

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Certain medications (over 400) and medical treatments

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Particular medications that may cause xerostomia

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Those used for high blood pressure and depression treatments

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Medical treatments that may cause xerostomia

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Radiation therapy and chemotherapy

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Diseases/pathologies that can affect salivary glands (5)

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  • Sjogren’s Syndrome
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Diabetes
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Nerve damage
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Symptoms related to xerostomia

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Itchy, scratchy eyes from decreased tears

80
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Define Sjogren’s disease

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An autoimmune disease, where immune defenses destroy acinar salivary gland cells

81
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Define sialoliths

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Stone formation in the salivary glands and their duct system

82
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Where can mineralized sialoliths occur most frequently

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In the submandibular gland and its duct system (but also in other salivary glands and ducts)

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Typical contents of sialoliths

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Calcium-phostphate (hydroxyapatite) mineral and incorporated proteins

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Consequence of sialoliths

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If they do not pass through the duct system, blockage of ducts requires their surgical removal

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