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Salivary Glands secrete saliva.

They have digestive functions: plus their product binds food together,and begins digestion of carbohydrates.

They also produce a mild antibiotic.

They make the enzyme salivary amylase which breaks polysaccharides into disaccharides and starch into disaccharides.

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Salivary Glands secrete saliva.

They have digestive functions: plus their product binds food together,and begins digestion of carbohydrates.

They also produce a mild antibiotic.

They make the enzyme salivary amylase which breaks polysaccharides into disaccharides and starch into disaccharides.

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All salivary glands are structurally compound exocrine glands, example is sweat glands.

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The salivary glands secrete water, mucus and salivary amylase.

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