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This is an area of the sublingual gland adjacent to that shown in Oral Cavity; Salivary Glands). The duct in the center
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of the field is an interlobular duct. The lumen is lined by stratified columnar epithelium, which contains goblet cells
(arrow). Note that the duct is surrounded by connective tissue and not by secretory cells. Therefore, its location is
between the lobules, giving rise to its name. Interlobular ducts have the largest diameter of the three types of ducts
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in the salivary glands.
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