serous gland

Serous glands drain into the folds and clean the taste buds.

Serous glands - secrete a watery, often protein-rich product.

Serous fluid originates from serous glands, with secretions enriched with proteins and water.

Mucous glands, found in several different parts of the body, typically stain lighter than serous glands during standard histological preparation.

"Ebner's glands": A type of serous gland that is found in circumvallate papillae of the tongue.

Merocrine glands - cells secrete their substances by exocytosis (e.g., mucous and serous glands).

Bowman's glands are serous glands in the lamina propria, whose secretions trap and dissolve odoriferous substances.

The three major types of nasal glands are anterior serous glands, seromucous glands, and Bowman glands.

Bowman's glands might secrete proteins such as Lysozyme, amylase and IgA similarly to serous glands.

Serous glands contain serous acini, a grouping of serous cells that secrete a fluid, isotonic with blood plasma, that contains enzymes such as alpha amylase.

Enzyme release is signaled by autonomic nervous system after ingestion, at which time the serous glands under the circumvallate and foliate papillae on the surface of the tongue (see Figure 1)

Serous glands are most common in the parotid gland and lacrimal gland but are also present in the submandibular gland and, to a far lesser extent, the sublingual gland.

Beneath the epithelium, and extending through the thickness of the mucous membrane, is a layer of tubular, often branched, glands, the glands of Bowman, identical in structure with serous glands.