Salivary glands are glandular acinar cells that produce a water fluid. This cell type is most predominant in which of the following glands?

(a) oesophageal glands
(b) intestinal glands (of liehenur)
(c) the parotid gland
(d) the sublingual gland
(e) the submandibular gland


Ans: (c) the parotid gland

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