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What is the name of the salivary gland that is near the ear?
The name of that salivary gland is parotid gland. That is the biggest of all the salivary glands.
Name 6 different glands?
There are many glands involved within the body. In the endocrine system offers the pineal, thymus and pituitary glands Representing the exocrine system are the apocrine, holocrine and the merocrine glands
Name two different categories of skin secretion and the glands that manufacture them?
Two categories of skin secretion are sebum, produced by sebaceous glands, and sweat, produced by eccrine and apocrine glands. Sebum helps moisturize the skin and hair, while sweat helps regulate body temperature and excrete waste products.
What is a submandibular gland?
Your submandibular glands are located below your tongue and toward your jaw near (distal and medial) the angle of the mandible where the bone angles up towards your jaw. Sub means below/under, mandible is the jaw bone.
What is the name of the enzyme in saliva and what compound is produced when this enzyme acts on starch?
the enzyme ptylin or some amylase and it converts starch to maltose
Name the liquid produced by salivary glands in the mouth?
Saliva
What is the name given to the starch digesting enzyme secreted by the salivary glands?
The enzyme secreted by the salivary glands that digests starch is called salivary amylase. It helps break down complex carbohydrates in food into simpler sugars like maltose and dextrin.
What are the names of minor salivary glands?
The minor salivary glands include the labial glands (inside the lips), buccal glands (inside the cheeks), palatal glands (in the roof of the mouth), glossopalatine glands (on the back of the roof of the mouth), and lingual glands (under the tongue).
What is the Name of chemical made in the salivary glands?
Amylase
Name one gland in human body which secretes digestive enzyme as well as hormone?
Salivary glands, stomach, exocrine pancreas, and small intestine.
What is the name of the enzyme found in the mouth?
The salivary amylase.
What is the name of the seretion created by the salivary glands?
The secretion is saliva.
What is the scientific name for the mumps?
Epidemic parotitis because it affects the parotid glands and is contagious and caused epidemics in history.The scientific name for mumps is Epidemic parotitis. The virus can cause pain, fever and swelling in the salivary glands.
What is the name of the exocrine glands associated with the oral cavity?
Exocrine glands are ducted; this is to say that the exocrine glands pour their secretions into ducts, unlike endocrine glands, which have no ducts. Pancreas: secretion of zymogen proteins; Testes; Mammary; Liver delivers bile through the bile duct; Tear glands cause ducted secretions;
What is the name of the salivary gland that is near the ear?
The name of that salivary gland is parotid gland. That is the biggest of all the salivary glands.
Name the external digestive glands associated with digestive system of humans?
The external digestive glands associated with the human digestive system are the salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. These glands secrete substances that help in the breakdown of food and absorption of nutrients in the digestive process.
What is the name of the enzymes present in the saliva and what type of food it acts on?
Salivary amylase. This enzyme helps to turn starch into a sugar called maltose...when your food gets into the small intestine, more amylase is made by the pancreas also.Another enzyme called maltase, turns all this maltose into glucose. Glucose is then absorbed into the blood.
