Exorcrine Glands& Epithelial

Question 1

Functions of myoepthelail cells (in ducts)

Answer 1

Contract to facilitate the transport of luminal contents towards the ducts

Question 2

Difference btw holocrine, epocrine and merocrine

Answer 2

Holocrine» whole cell burst to release secretion ( sebecceous gland undergo holocrine secretion to fill the hair with sebum)

Apocrine» coated in fat droplets

Merocrine» via exocytosis

Question 3

Name 3 major salivary glands

Answer 3

Parotid ( a serous gland that does not secret mucous!)
Sublingual
Submandibular

Question 4

Describe glands in the pancreas

Answer 4

Exocrine ( via acinar cells in acinus

Endocrine (ductless, secretes strait into the bs)