Histology of Digestive Organs

Learning Objectives

• Define the three types of salivary glands and their major secretory products.
• Diagram the arrangement of acinar cells in the salivary glands and pancreas.
• Identify and define the function of duct cells in the salivary glands and pancreas.
• Describe the structural and functional organization of hepatocytes in the liver.
• Diagram the flow of blood and bile within a liver lobule.