- Striated duct
A striated duct is a
gland duct which connects anintercalated duct to aninterlobular duct . It is characterized by the basal infoldings of its plasma membrane, characteristic of ion-pumping activity by the numerous mitochondria. [UCDavisOrganology|Digestive/mammal/salivary2/salivary1 - "Mammal, salivary glands (EM, Low)"] [UCDavisOrganology|Digestive/mammal/salivary1/salivary4 - "Mammal, salivary glands (LM, Medium)"] Along with the intercalated ducts, they function to modify salivary fuid by secreting HCO3- and K+ and reabsorbing Na+ and Cl-.Their
epithelium can besimple cuboidal orsimple columnar . [ [http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/intro/glands.htm#4 SIU SOM Histology GI ] ]Striated ducts are part of the
intralobular duct s.They are found in the
submandibular gland [BUHistology|10103loa] [ [http://www3.umdnj.edu/histsweb/lab18/lab18submandibular.html Histology at umdnj.edu] ] and theparotid gland . [ [http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/ohisto/Cards/sal/15_bb.html Oral histology at usc.edu] ]They are not present in
pancreas .References
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