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Serous Salivary Glands

Serous Salivary Gland Histology - Copywright RVC 2008

• Connective tissue capsule

• Septa dividing the parenchyma into lobes

• Duct system

• Interlobular ducts run in the tissue septum lined by cuboidal to columnar epithelium

• Intralobular ducts run within the lobules. Striated intralobular ducts lined with cuboidal epithelium. Intercalated intralobular ducts lined with low cuboidal to simple squamous epithelium.

• Serous acini secrete a watery solution rich in proteins with spherical nuclei. Cells are pyramidal, cuboidal or crescent shaped.