Fig. 3
From: Applied anatomy and morphology of minor salivary glands in commonly used experimental animals
Histological features of MSGs in rabbits. The buccal (a), soft palatal (b) and oropharyngeal glands (c) in rabbits were mucous. The duct system of the buccal glands was composed of simple cuboidal epithelium (single empty arrow) and stratified cuboidal epithelium (double empty arrow). The duct system of rest MSGs were the terminal ducts (single black arrow) and excretory ducts (double black arrow). *, tubulo-acini; A, acini; D, duct; E, epithelium layer of oral mucosa.
