Your significant other is an amazing chef. When you come home from lecture, the smell of whatever s/he is cooking makes you salivate as soon as you step in the door. Your saliva is being secreted from what type of gland?
A) exocrine
B) endocrine
C) unicellular (goblet cells)
D) paracrine
E) exocrine and endocrine are correct

Question

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Salivary glands are exocrine glands that secrete saliva into the mouth to aid in digestion. The smell of food can trigger the secretion of saliva as part of the cephalic phase of digestion.

Your Significant Other Is an Amazing Chef