title: Cell types in the main excretory duct of the submaxillary gland of the rat.
abstract: This work is an ultrastructural study of the cells of the excretory duct epithelium of the submaxillary gland of the rat. This epithelium undergoes progressive loss of cytoplasm which leads to the presence of three distinct types of cell.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Facultad de Medicina, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gutierrez Marín
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Galera Davidson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández Sanz
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dorado Ocaña
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003896:Desmosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure