A diagram of part of a salivary gland showing a serous acinus and mixed serous-mucous acinus. Salivary glands are made up of secretory acini (acini-means a rounded secretory unit) and ducts. There are two types of secretions-serous and mucous.The acini can either be serous, mucous, or a mixture of serous and mucous.A serous acinus secretes proteins in an isotonic watery fluid. diagram of part of a salivary gland showing a serous acinus and mixed serous-mucous acinus. Salivary glands are made up of secretory acini (acini-means a rounded secretory unit) and ducts. There are two types of secretions-serous and mucous.
John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto, Venetian: Zuan Chabotto; c. 1450 â c. 1500) was a Venetian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European exploration of the mainland of North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the ...
When Cabot went ashore, he reportedly saw signs of habitation but no people. He took possession of the land for King Henry, but hoisted both the English and Venetian flags. Cabot explored the area and named various features of the region, including Cape Discovery, Island of St. John, St. Georgeâs Cape, Trinity Islands and Englandâs Cape. These may correspond to modern-day places located around what became known as Cabot Strait, the 60-mile-wide channel running between southwestern Newfoundland and northern Cape Breton Island.