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Salivary Glands
== Salivary Glands ==
[[File:HistologicChapter11SalivaryGlands.jpg|thumb|200px|Salivary Glands]]
The salivary glands are divided into two main divisions. The intramural or minor salivary glands (labial, buccal, and palatine) lie within the submucosal connective tissue of the oral cavity. These intrinsic glands secrete continuously to moisten the oral cavity. Three pairs of extrinsic or major salivary glands, the parotid, the submandibular, and the sublingual, lie outside the walls of the oral cavity and must convey their secretions to the mouth by means of excretory ducts which pass through the mucosa. The major glands secrete intermittently in response to specific stimuli. The major salivary glands are classified as compound tubuloalveolar, exocrine glands. The secretory alveoli of the parotid glands are wholly serous, producing a watery secretion; those of the submandibular glands are mixed, although preponderantly serous, and those of the sublingual glands are mixed but preponderantly mucous.
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