Salivary Glands Flashcards
Deficiency in saliva would cause? (2)
- Difficulty in eating, swallowing, speech
- Prone to infection and caries
The most important function of the salivary glands?
To maintain the well being of the mouth
Production rate of saliva per hour?
Per day?
200ml/hr
1-1.5L/day
Component of saliva?
- 5% water
- 5% organic and inorganic
A major salivary enzyme that helps digest carbohydrate?
Amylase or ptyalin
pH of saliva?
5.6-7.6 (6.8)
Functions of saliva? (6)
- Protection
- Buffering
- Digestion
- Taste
- Antimicrobial
- Maintenance of tooth integrity
Provides lubrication and forms a barrier against noxious stimuli and minor trauma?
Mucin
Formed by calcium binding proteins which serves as a coating over the teeth?
Salivary pellicle
Which content of saliva provides barrier? Serous or mucous?
Mucous
Salivary content which agglutinates bacteria?
Antibodies
Hydrolyses the cell wall of bacteria?
Lysozyme
Binds to iron to make them unavailable to microorganism?
Lactoferrin
Enamel maturation?
- Low permeability
- Hight resistance to caries
- High surface hardness
Classification of salivary glands according to nature of secretion?
Exocrine
Classification of salivary glands according to behavior?
Merocrine
Classification of salivary glands according to morphology?
Compound tubuloacinar
Classification of salivary glands according to type of secretory cells? (3)
- Purely serous
- Purely mucous
- Mixed
How do you describe the secretion of saliva?
Intermittent
Parotid duct?
Stensen’s duct
Submandibular duct?
Wharton’s duct
Sublingual duct?
Bartholin’s duct or Rivinian duct
Submandibular gland:
Type of secretion?
Amount?
Origin?
Development?
- Mixed: 3/4 serous, 1/4 mucous
- 60-65%
- Endoderm
- 6th week
Sublingual gland:
Type of secretion?
Amount?
Origin?
Development?
- Mixed: 2/3 mucous, 1/3 serous
- 10%
- Endoderm
- 8-12th week
Parotid gland:
Type of secretion?
Amount?
Origin?
Development?
- Serous
- 25%
- Ectoderm
- 4-6th week
It produces the highest amount of saliva?
Submandibular gland