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What type of glands are salivary glands?
Salivary glands are exocrine glands.
How many minor salivary glands are there?
There are about 600 to 1,000 minor salivary glands.
What are intrinsic salivary glands?
Intrinsic salivary glands, located throughout the mouth, keep the mouth moist, while Extrinsic salivary glands secrete serous, enzyme-rich saliva in response to ingested food and the thought of food.
The functional classification of salivary glands is?
Merocrine glands
Salivary glands are a good example of what kind of exocrine gland?
All salivary glands are structurally compound exocrine glands, example is sweat glands.
What are the four glands the size of a grain of rice?
salivary
What four glands are about the size of a grain of rice?
salivary
What type of glands are salivary glands?
Salivary glands are exocrine glands.
What body part produces saliva?
The salivary glands in the mouth produce saliva.
What secrets salivia?
Your salivary glands. "The salivary glands secrete saliva into the mouth to assist in digesting foods. Humans have 3 pairs of major salivary glands: 1) parotid glands, 2) submandibular glands, and 3) sublingual glands. The parotid glands are the largest salivary glands and are located in front of the ear in the cheek area and slightly over the jaw line. The smaller submandibular glands are located under the jaw and the sublingual glands, the smallest major salivary glands, are located under the tongue. Hundreds of minor salivary glands, each about the size of a grain of sand, exist and line the mucous membranes inside the mouth." - See more at: (see related link)
How many minor salivary glands are there?
There are about 600 to 1,000 minor salivary glands.
Are The salivary glands located near the pancreas?
No. Salivary glands are close to the Pharynx.
Is salivary glands in human in pairs or single?
Humans have paired salivary glands.
What are the large pairs of salivary gland?
There are three big pairs of salivary glands in addition to many smaller ones. The parotid glands, submandibular glands and sublingual glands are the large, paired salivary glands.
What is the secretion of salivary glands?
salivary amylase
What type of digestion is done by salivary glands?
salivary glands donot digest salivary amylase converts starch to glucose
Which organ produces amylase?
I think it is the Stomach, Salivary Glands, Pancreas, Small Intestine :)
