About Lesson
Salivary glands:
- These are a pair of glands involved in the secretion of salivary juices.
- These glands open at the base of the hypopharynx through small salivary ducts.
- The secretion of the glands contains enzymes such as amylases, lipases, and proteases, but never cellulase.
- In the case of silkworm or lepidopteran larvae, the salivary glands produce silk which contains two proteins fibroin and sericin, and anti-coagulants inbloodsuckerss like mosquitoes.