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Question 1

What are the features of Mucous acini? In what form is the mucous stored?

Answer 1

Lightly stained

Looks like pizza

Mucus is synthesized and stored within the cell apex as mucinogen granules

Question 2

Why do serous cells appear purple in H&E?

Answer 2

Bc they contain serous demilunes

Question 3

What features intercalated ducts?

Answer 3

Acini empty into them
Have Short cuboidal epithelium
Longest in the parotid gland
Secrete HCO3 and absorb Cl

Question 4

What are the of features Striated ducts?

Answer 4

Lined by cuboidal to columnar epithelium

Many infoldings of their basolateral membrane aligned with mitochondria

Reabsorption of Na+ and secretion of K+ and HCO3

Question 5

What are the of features interlobular ducts?

Answer 5

Connected with striated ducts

Lined with pseduostratfied columnar epithelium

Question 6

What are the of features interlobar ducts?

Answer 6

Lined by stratfied columnar epithelium

Question 7

What are the of features Main duct?

Answer 7

Lined by stratfied columnar epithelium

Question 8

What are the features of the Parotid Gland?

Answer 8

Serous acinar cells

Secrete a-amylase

Has the longest intercalated ducts

Large amount of adipose tissue

Question 9

What are the features of the Submandibular Gland?

Answer 9

Primarly serous tubuloacinar, Some mixed.

Has a-amylase and lysozymes

Straited ducts and intercalated ducts.

Question 10

What are the features of sublingual glands?

Answer 10

Mixed serous and mucous tubulo-acinar but mucous cells predominate
The main product of the gland is mucus
The few serous cells present add amylase and lysozyme to the secretion
The intercalated and striated ducts are poorly developed