著者

天野 修

出版者

Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

雑誌

日本口腔外科学会雑誌 (ISSN:00215163)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.57, no.7, pp.384-393, 2011-07-20

被引用文献数

8

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Major salivary glands, parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands, secrete serous and mucous saliva via the proper excretory ducts connecting between oral cavity and glandular bodies. Discovery of the salivary ducts in 17th century established the concept of exocrine secretion as well as salivary glands. In more recent investigations have revealed the endocrine functions of salivary glands by a variety of cell growth factors produced by granular ducts. In the present review describes the macroscopic findings of human major salivary glands and the microscopic differences of human and rodent salivary glands.