[good_boy_1234]

An investigator is isolating mucin-secreting cells to compare surface receptor types on cells from various organs. Tissue samples are exposed to trypsin, and then passed through a narrow-bore needle. Which of the following tissues would most likely yield the highest percentage of mucus-secreting cells?
A. Esophageal mucosa
B. Oral mucosa
C. Parotid gland
D. Sublingual gland
E. Submandibular gland

Source: Kaplan Q bank

 

[bronchiole]

parotid...just guessing.

 

[drmodi44]

D

D. Sublingual gland...

 

[good_boy_1234]

It is D Sublingual gland

 

[inder]

Should be D... sublingual

parotid = nearly all serous
submaxillary = both mucous and serous producing
sublingual = nearly all mucous