Glandula parotis (SFLT)

Glandula parotis

Description: The parotid gland is a purely serous, acinous, exocrine gland. The system of outlets already branches abundantly inside the lobule. Annealed terminals are very numerous.

Glandula parotis

Description: The serous cells of the exocrine gland have round nuclei. The inflamed ducts are formed by eosinophilic cells. The burning seen at high magnification at the base of the epithelial cells is equivalent to the baso-lateral labyrinth. The function of annealed terminal cells is the resorption of ions.