Morphological particularities of the submandibular gland in rats

Authos: Viorel MICLĂU޹, Ciprian OBER*², Laurenţ OGNEAN³, Liviu OANA², Cristina CERNEA³, Vasile RUS¹, Victor CRISTEA⁴

Affiliation: ¹ Department of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; ² Department of Anaesthesiology and Surgical Propaedeutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; ³ Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; ⁴ Veterinary practitioner, DVM, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Read full article

ABSTRACT. Starting from the contradictory information in the literature, we considered it appropriate to check through the histological examination submandibular gland in rats and its relationship with neighbouring structures. Our study highlights that the three portions described by some authors (Parhon et al., 1957) as part of the submandibular gland of rats, belonging to three different glands in neighbourly relations, but totally separated from them by a conjunctive capsule. The lay out of major salivary glands in intimate neighbourly relations, is a morphological feature in rats.

Keywords: submandibular gland, parotid gland, acini, cell, rats