Oral cavity 2 Flashcards
2 types of innervation for salivary glands and products
- sympathetic: thick saliva
- parasympathetic: watery saliva
2 types of salivary glands
- minor
- major
minor salivary glands
- scattered in submucosal CT
- named for location
major salivary glands
- compound glands
- encapsulated with thin septa between lobules
- within lobules: loose CT, lymphocytes, and/or plasma cells
parotid gland secretion
serous
mandibular gland secretion
mixed serous and mucous
sublingual gland secretion
mixed serous and mucous
zygomatic gland secretion
mixed serous and mucous
molar/buccal gland secretion
mixed serous and mucous
types of secretory cells of salivary glands (3)
- serous cells
- mucous cells
- myoepithelial cells
serous cells
- form acini or demilunes
- canaliculi between mucous cells connect demilunes to gland lumen
acinar and demilune cells info
- from serous cells
- apical membrane bound granules, RER, golgi
mucous cells
- form acini or tubuloacinar units
- apical mucinogen granules, flattened basal nuclei, and basal RER/golgi
myoepithelial cells
- processes surround acini and intercalated ducts
- located on epithelial side of basal lamina
- contraction of processes helps move secretions along duct system
what do intralobular secretory duct secrete
H2O, electrolytes
2 types of intralobular secretory ducts
- intercalated ducts
- striated ducts
intercalated ducts
- smallest part of duct system
- pale low cuboidal cells
- short
- arise from acini
striated ducts
- columnar cells (transport epithelium)
- striations –> increased area for ion transport processes
- not prominent in zygomatic/molar glands
2 types of excretory ducts
- interlobular ducts
- main ducts
interlobular duct
- columnar to stratified cuboidal
- thin CT layer surrounding and between lobules
main duct
- terminal portion of sytem
- stratified cuboidal epithelium
- stratified squamous near duct opening
- open into oral cavity
- may contain goblet cells
structure of minor glands
- similar to major glands except smaller and less complex
- secretory lobules
- duct system (cuboidal to stratified cuboidal)
- no striated ducts