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Submandibular gland (40X)

Microimage
Submandibular gland. Image copyright: Mathias Nordvi, ARR. (Tissue stain: H+E).

This section is from a human submandibular gland. At the lowest magnification you can see the septa of connective tissue dividing the gland into lobules. As all the other salivary glands, the submandibular gland is a merocrine gland which means that its cells secrete liquid without themselves being changed or destroyed. Other secretion mechanisms are apocrine and holocrine.

Published February 4th 2014, updated December 21st 2018.