Publication: Histomorphometrical study of the submandibular gland ductal system in the rat
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Date
2002
Authors
Fernández García, H. ; García-Poblete, Eduardo ; Moro, E. ; Catalá-Rodríguez, M. ; Rico-Morales, M.L. ; García-Gómez de las Heras, M.S.
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Murcia : F. Hernández
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Abstract
The duct system of murine submandibular
gland is composed, in contrast with other mammals, by
four types of ducts, among which the granular duct is
unique for rodents. The granular duct shows a typical
secretory structure with a clear intersex morphological
diversity on which we carried out a morphometrical
study in order to determine the relative area of each duct
in rats in comparison with the rest of ducts and the
whole gland. Our results, in both sexes, show that the
duct with the broadest surface is the granular duct,
followed by the excretory, striated and the intercalated
ducts. In addition, we found a significant intersex
difference between the relative surface of the granular
and the excretory ducts, being bigger in males than in
females. Finally, in both sexes, there is a greater
variation in the data related to the excretory ducts than to
the other ducts.
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