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Compound tubuloacinar gland
A lobule of a compound tubuloacinar gland displays both elongated, mucus-secreting tubules and spherical, serous-secreting acini. Intralobular ducts are also visible. This gland is the submandibular (submaxillary) salivary gland and the saliva it secretes contains both mucus and serous components. 400x
![Mucus-secreting tubules <p>A lobule of a compound tubuloacinar gland displays both elongated, mucus-secreting tubules and spherical, serous-secreting acini. Intralobular ducts are also visible. This gland is the submandibular (submaxillary) salivary gland and the saliva it secretes contains both mucus and serous components. 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/T.E.Gl_.Ex_.Comp-14-1-ping.png)
Mucus-secreting tubules
A lobule of a compound tubuloacinar gland displays both elongated, mucus-secreting tubules and spherical, serous-secreting acini. Intralobular ducts are also visible. This gland is the submandibular (submaxillary) salivary gland and the saliva it secretes contains both mucus and serous components. 400x
![Serous-secreting acini <p>A lobule of a compound tubuloacinar gland displays both elongated, mucus-secreting tubules and spherical, serous-secreting acini. Intralobular ducts are also visible. This gland is the submandibular (submaxillary) salivary gland and the saliva it secretes contains both mucus and serous components. 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/T.E.Gl_.Ex_.Comp-14-2-ping.png)
Serous-secreting acini
A lobule of a compound tubuloacinar gland displays both elongated, mucus-secreting tubules and spherical, serous-secreting acini. Intralobular ducts are also visible. This gland is the submandibular (submaxillary) salivary gland and the saliva it secretes contains both mucus and serous components. 400x
![Intralobular ducts <p>A lobule of a compound tubuloacinar gland displays both elongated, mucus-secreting tubules and spherical, serous-secreting acini. Intralobular ducts are also visible. This gland is the submandibular (submaxillary) salivary gland and the saliva it secretes contains both mucus and serous components. 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/T.E.Gl_.Ex_.Comp-14-3-ping.png)
Intralobular ducts
A lobule of a compound tubuloacinar gland displays both elongated, mucus-secreting tubules and spherical, serous-secreting acini. Intralobular ducts are also visible. This gland is the submandibular (submaxillary) salivary gland and the saliva it secretes contains both mucus and serous components. 400x