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Salivary Glands Flashcards

0
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Deficiency in saliva would cause? (2)

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  • Difficulty in eating, swallowing, speech
  • Prone to infection and caries
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The most important function of the salivary glands?

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To maintain the well being of the mouth

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2
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Production rate of saliva per hour?

Per day?

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200ml/hr

1-1.5L/day

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Component of saliva?

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  1. 5% water
  2. 5% organic and inorganic
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A major salivary enzyme that helps digest carbohydrate?

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Amylase or ptyalin

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pH of saliva?

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5.6-7.6 (6.8)

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6
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Functions of saliva? (6)

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  • Protection
  • Buffering
  • Digestion
  • Taste
  • Antimicrobial
  • Maintenance of tooth integrity
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7
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Provides lubrication and forms a barrier against noxious stimuli and minor trauma?

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Mucin

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8
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Formed by calcium binding proteins which serves as a coating over the teeth?

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Salivary pellicle

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9
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Which content of saliva provides barrier? Serous or mucous?

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Mucous

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10
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Salivary content which agglutinates bacteria?

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Antibodies

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Hydrolyses the cell wall of bacteria?

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Lysozyme

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Binds to iron to make them unavailable to microorganism?

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Lactoferrin

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13
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Enamel maturation?

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  • Low permeability
  • Hight resistance to caries
  • High surface hardness
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14
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Classification of salivary glands according to nature of secretion?

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Exocrine

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15
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Classification of salivary glands according to behavior?

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Merocrine

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16
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Classification of salivary glands according to morphology?

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Compound tubuloacinar

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17
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Classification of salivary glands according to type of secretory cells? (3)

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  • Purely serous
  • Purely mucous
  • Mixed
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18
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How do you describe the secretion of saliva?

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Intermittent

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19
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Parotid duct?

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Stensen’s duct

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20
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Submandibular duct?

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Wharton’s duct

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21
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Sublingual duct?

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Bartholin’s duct or Rivinian duct

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22
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Submandibular gland:

Type of secretion?

Amount?

Origin?

Development?

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  • Mixed: 3/4 serous, 1/4 mucous
  • 60-65%
  • Endoderm
  • 6th week
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Sublingual gland:

Type of secretion?

Amount?

Origin?

Development?

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  • Mixed: 2/3 mucous, 1/3 serous
  • 10%
  • Endoderm
  • 8-12th week
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24
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Parotid gland:

Type of secretion?

Amount?

Origin?

Development?

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  • Serous
  • 25%
  • Ectoderm
  • 4-6th week
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25
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It produces the highest amount of saliva?

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Submandibular gland

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26
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Intrinsic glands that discharge saliva continuously?

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Minor salivary glands

27
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Minor salivary glands are found in what layer?

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Lamina propria or submucosa

28
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Function of minor salivary glands?

A

To keep the mucosa moist

29
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Serous of mucous: labial glands?

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Predominantly serous

30
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Serous or mucous: buccal glands?

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Predominantly mucous

31
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Serous or mucous: palatine glands?

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Purely mucous

32
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Glands found in the anterior fold of tissue in front of palatine tonsil?

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Glossopalatine glands

33
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Serous or mucous: glossopalatine glands?

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Purely mucous

34
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3 classes of salivary ducts?

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  • Intercalated ducts
  • Striated ducts
  • Terminal excretory ducts
35
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Cells lining the intercalated ducts?

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Low cuboidal cells

36
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Cells lining the striated ducts?

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Columnar cells with microvilli

37
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What makes the appearance of striated ducts?

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Infolded basal membrane

38
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Ducts which makes the secretion a more hypotonic solution?

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Striated ducts

39
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Ducts found within the connective tissue septa?

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Excretory ducts

40
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Lining cells of the excretory ducts?

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Pseudotratified columnar, with stratified columnar

41
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Ducts that alters the electrolyte concentration of saliva?

A

Excretory ducts

42
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Cells of the salivary glands? (4)

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  • Serous cells
  • Mucous cells
  • Myoepithelial cells
  • Serous demilune
43
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Cells that secrete mostly protein?

A

Serous cells

44
Q

Serous cells contain ______?

Mucous cells contain ______?

A

Zymogen granules

Mucin

45
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Precursor of amylase?

A

Zymogen granules

46
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Cells high in carbohydrates?

A

Mucous cells

47
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The secretory material of mucous cells is contained in?

A

Mucigen droplets

48
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Octopus like cells surrounding the acini?

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Myoepithelial cells

49
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It gently squeezes the acini to aid in the secretory process?

A

Myoepithelial cells

50
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Crescent shaped cells capping some mucous acini?

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Serous demilune

51
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Glands that flushes out debris from the furrow of taste buds?

A

Von ebners gland

52
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Serous or mucous: von ebner’s gland?

53
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Age changes in salivary glands? (4)

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  • More adipose
  • More fibrosis
  • Accumulation of lymphocytes
  • Presence of oncocytes
54
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True or false. Oncocytes may be found in excretory ducts?

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False. Only in acini, intercalated and striated ducts

55
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These cells may give rise to neoplasms?

56
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Epithelial cells characterized by an excessive amount of mitochondria?

57
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Amount of saliva secreted during the night?

58
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True or false. Decrease in saliva flow rate can cause calculus which can result to caries and periodontal disease?

59
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Salivary stones?

A

Sialoliths

60
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Where does sialoliths frequently occurs?

A

In submandibular ducts

61
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Saliva-filled cysts formed due to obstruction of salivary ducts?

A

Retention cysts

62
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Retention cysts mostly found in minor salivary glands?

63
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Retention cysts found in the floor of the mouth?

64
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Which is bigger: mucocele or ranula?

65
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Radiographs for salivary glands and ducts?

69
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Serous or mucous: which is darker?

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