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Which salivary secretion mucous or serous is more thin and watery in consistency?
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Which salivary secretion is more thin and watery in consistency?
serous
What do mucus and serous cells secrete?
Mucous cells have a thick secretion, the most common example is nasal mucous. Serous cells have a thin, almost watery secretion. Saliva is a good example of a serous secretion.
Which salivary gland produces a serous secretion containing large amounts of salivary amylase?
Parotid Gland
The salivary glands are composed of which two types of cells?
The two types of cells that make salivary glands areserous cells that secrete watery fluid without mucusmucuous cells that secrete watery fluid with mucuous
What does epithelial tissue do for the digestive system?
The epithelial membrane called the mucosa contains the lamina propria. The salivary glands are composed of serous cells and mucous cells.
Which salivary secretion is more thin and watery in consistency?
serous
What do mucus and serous cells secrete?
Mucous cells have a thick secretion, the most common example is nasal mucous. Serous cells have a thin, almost watery secretion. Saliva is a good example of a serous secretion.
Which of the salivary glands produces a secretion that is mainly serous?
Parotid Gland
Which salivary gland produces a serous secretion containing large amounts of salivary amylase?
Parotid Gland
A gland can be mucous or serous but not bothtrue or false?
Some salivary glands produce both mucous and serous secretions, and these are called "mixed" glands. -Pasqualino P.
The salivary glands are composed of which two types of cells?
The two types of cells that make salivary glands areserous cells that secrete watery fluid without mucusmucuous cells that secrete watery fluid with mucuous
What is the secretion that comes from the salivary gland?
The salivary glands have two kinds of secretory cells - serous and mucous cells.Serous cells produce a watery fluid that includes the digestive enzyme salivary amylase. This splits starch and glycogen molecules into disaccharides.Mucous cells secrete a thick liquid called mucouswhich binds food particles and lubricates the food during swallowing.
What about the salivary glands?
Each salivary gland is composed of 2 types of cells: a. mucous cells secretes mucus and b.serous cells secretes a watery substance, serous fluid.
What does epithelial tissue do for the digestive system?
The epithelial membrane called the mucosa contains the lamina propria. The salivary glands are composed of serous cells and mucous cells.
What are the 3 systems with tracts that are lined with mucous membranes?
mucous, serous, & cutaneous
What Mucous membranes secretes this water based protein solution?
the answer is actually mucus!
Are the mesentery and peritoneum of the abdomen mucous membranes?
No. They are Serous Memebranes
