Microanatomical study on the parotid duct of Macaca irus

Abstract

Many studies have been made so far on physiological and morphological (histological, histochemical and ultrastructural) observations of the human and animal salivary glands in health and diseases. However, none of them have made reference to the function and microscopic structure of the main excretory duct of major salivary glands.
We previously reported microanatomical findings of the main excretory ducts of the human parotid gland (called Stensen's or Stenon's duct) taken from postmortem subjects. The present paper reports the results of microanatomical examination of the parotid duct taken from Macaca irus.