X-Nico

unusual facts about salivary gland



Sialoblastoma

A sialoblastoma is a low-grade salivary gland neoplasm that recapitulates primitive salivary gland anlage.


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Polytene chromosome

Some of the largest polytene chromosomes described thus far (see scale bar in figure below) occur in larval salivary gland cells of the Chironomid genus Axarus.