Multiple choice

A purely serous fluid that starts the lipid hydrolysis in mammals is secreted by which of the following glands?

  1. The parotid gland

  2. The submandibular glands

  3. The sublingual glands

  4. Von Ebner glands

  5. Minor salivary glands
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Explanation

Von Ebner glands are found in a trough circling the circumvallate papillae on the dorsal surface of the tongue near the sulcus terminalis. They secrete a purely serous fluid that begins lipid hydrolysis.

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