Multiple choice

Which of the following digestive ducts participates in ion and water transport and secretes kallikrein?

  1. An intercalated duct

  2. A striated duct

  3. An excretory intralobular duct

  4. Intralobular ducts

  5. Interlobular ducts
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Explanation

The striated duct is well developed in the submandibular gland. The epithelium of the striated duct participates in ion and water transport and secretes kallikrein. A segment of this duct is lined by cuboidal-to-columnar epithelial cells with basal infoldings containing numerous mitochondria.

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