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3 main salivary glands

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parotid, submandibular, sublingual

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What is saliva made of?

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mixed secretion from all main glands and secondary glands

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What makes saliva be secreted?

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mechanical, chemical, olfactory, or psychic stimuli

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What are the 2 types of acinar cells?

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serous and mucous

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What are main secretory components of a salivary gland?

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acinar secretory units, myoepithelial cells, and initial excretory ducts (intercalated and striated)

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which is the largest salivary gland?

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parotid

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Which salivary gland secretes 30% of saliva?

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parotid

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What are the 3 parts of the parotid gland?

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septa, lobes, and lobules

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Serous secretory cells in the parotid release which enzyme?

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amylase

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What separates the lobes and lobules of the parotid?

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connective tissue

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Where are the parotid glands located?

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anterior to the ears

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Are the parotid ducts intralobular or interlobular?

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intralobular

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What secretory units predominate in the submandibular glands?

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serous (4:1 serous to mucous acinar cells)

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What are the mucous acinar cells capped with?

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demilunes

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Demilunes secrete what enzyme?

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lysozyme

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Immunohistochemistry is needed to see what structure in the salivary glands?

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myoepithelial cells

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17
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Which salivary gland is not encapsulated?

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sublingual

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What is the ratio of mucous to serous acini in the sublingual glands?

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4:1, mucous to serous (OPPOSITE OF SUBMANDIBULAR!!)

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Which gland secretes apx. 5% of saliva?

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sublingual

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What are the predominant cell types in each of the salivary glands?

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Parotid: nearly 100% serous

submandibular: 4:1 serous to mucous
sublingual: 4:1 mucous to serous

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What are intercalated ducts lined with?

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cuboidal epithelium

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What are striated ducts lined with?

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tall columnar epithelium

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What is special about the epithelium within the striated ducts?

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They have invaginations w lots of mitochondria to increase surface area and water/ion transport

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What kind of epithelium is mostly on the tongue?

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stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium

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What epithelium covers the tongue papillae?
keratinized epithelium
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Serous and mucous glands are found within which epithelial layer in the tongue?
lamina propria
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What are the 3 main types of papillae on the tongue?
filiform, fungiform, and circumvallate
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What is the shape of the filiform papillae?
conical in shape
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What is the shape of fungiform papillae?
fungus/mushroom!
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What is the shape of circumvallate papillae?
"circum-valley" bc they have a furrow or valley present
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What is the most numerous type of papillae in humans?
filiform papillae
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What is the main function of filiform papillae?
tactile sensation/feeling
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Where are most fungiform papillae found?
tip of the tongue
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Where are the circumvallate papillae found?
far in the back of the tongue, the "sulcus terminalis"
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Which lingual papillae have taste buds?
fungiform and circumvallate
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Which papillae are the least numerous?
circumvallate
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What glands are found deep within the lamina with circumvallate papillae?
glands of von Ebner
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What do glands of von Ebner do?
secrete fluid into the furrow of the circumvallate papillae
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What structure is show in this image?
Tongue
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Name these 3 structures
1) filiform papilla 2) fungiform papilla 3) circumvallate papilla
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What is shown in this structure here? And what are the small structures around the periphery of the tissue?
Circumvallate papilla. The small projections are taste buds.
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What are the structures labeled? (CP, F, TB, GE, SM)
Circumvallate papillae, taste buds, furrow, glands of von Ebner, skeletal muscle
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What structure is pictured, and what is the tissue labelled GE?
Circumvallate papilla, glands of von Ebner
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Pale, barrel-shaped bodies located in the epithelial layer extending from the basal lamina to the lateral surface of circumvallate
Taste buds
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What are the 4 types of cells found in a taste bud?
neuroepithelial (chemoreceptive) cells, support cells (sustentacular), basal cells, taste pore cells
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What is show in this image?
Taste bud
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What structure is shown here? What are the thin white separating lines? What are the round structures?
Parotid gland. Septa separate and ducts are the tubes
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What is the circular structure pictured in the micrograph?
intralobar duct of the parotid
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What are the white structures shown in this picture?
Mucous acinar cells
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What are the tubular structures shown in this micrograph of the submandibular gland?
intralobular ducts
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What are the dark red structures in this micrograph of the submandibular gland?
Serous secreting acinar cells
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What gland is shown in this micrograph? What cells predominate?
Sublingual gland. Mucous cells predominate here
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What are the 4 layers of the intestinal wall?
mucousa, submucosa, muscularis externa, and the serosa/adventitia
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Which part of the intestinal wall includes epithelium, lamina propria, and muscularis mucosa?
The mucosal layer
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What two epithelial types are found in the mucosa of the GI tract?
stratified squamous or simple columnar
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Which layer of the GI mucosa contains glands, lymphatic tissue, and macrophages?
lamina propria
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What layer of the GI mucosa promotes movement of the mucosa?
muscularis mucosa
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Which layer in the intestinal wall contains dense connective tissue, the submucosal plexus, and exocrine glands?
Submucosa
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What connective tissue is found in the submucosa?
dense regular connective tissue
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What is the function of the submucosal plexus?
stimulate release of products from glands
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Which layer of the intestinal wall consists of two layers of smooth muscle?
Muscularis externa
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Where is the myenteric plexus located?
in the muscularis externa
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Layer of the GI tract consisting of loose connective tissue covered by simple squamous mesothelium or simple squamous epithelium
Serosa
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Layer of the GI tract consisting of purely connective tissue
adventitia
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What structure is pictured?
Esophagus
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Where is the thickest layer of muscularis mucosa?
esophagus
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What epithelial cells line the esophagus?
non-keratinized, stratified squamous epithelium
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Which layer of the esophagus contains vessels, lymphatics, WBCs, submucosal plexus, and submucosal glands?
the submucosa
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What layer of the esophagus contains coarse collagenous and elastic fibers, folds, and glands?
submucosal layer
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Which esophageal layer are the following glands found? simple tubular, cardiac glands in the proximal and distal esophagus
lamina propria
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Which esophageal layer are the following glands found? tubuloalveolar mucous glands
submucosal layer
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What two structures are the only regions of the alimentary canal that have glands?
esophagus and duodenum
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Which section of the esophageal muscularis externa contains skeletal muscle?
the upper 1/3
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Which section of the esophageal muscularis externa contains both skeletal and smooth muscle?
middle 1/3
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Which section of the esophageal muscularis externa contains only smooth muscle?
lower 1/3
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Where is the myenteric (auerbach's) plexus found?
between the two layers of the muscularis externa in the esophagus
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What is the major nerve supply to the GI tract and controls GI motility?
myenteric plexus
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What is the peritoneal (below diaphragm) esophagus covered by?
connective tissue serosa
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What is the retroperitoneal section of the esophagus covered by?
adventitia
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What are the 2 types of exocrine glands in the esophagus?
Esophageal glands and esophageal cardiac glands
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Where are esophageal cardiac glands found?
in the lamina propria near the stomach
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Where are esophageal glands "proper" found?
in the submucosa scattered along the length of the esophagus
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What is the top part of the stomach called?
Fundus
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What are the 4 main regions of the stomach?
cardia, fundus, body, and pylorus
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What are the folds in the stomach that increase surface area?
rugae
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partially mixed and digested fluid found in the stomach
chyme
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What structure is pictured?
Stomach
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