Glands Flashcards by Ryan Lynch | Brainscape

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Glands which secrete their products by exocytosis as they are produced

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What are merocrine glands?

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Compound Alveolar

(Mammary Glands)

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What is an exocrine gland?

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Glands which secrete their products directly onto body surfaces or into body cavities

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What are two important examples of unicellular exocrine glands?

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mucous cells and goblet cells

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What are holocrine glands?

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Glands which accumulate their products within them until they rupture

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Compound Tubuloalveolar

(salivary glands)

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What is a compound gland?

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A gland which has a branched duct

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Simple Alveolar

(no important example in humans)

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Simple Branched Alveolar

(Sebaceous glands)

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Simple Branched Tubular

(stomach glands)

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If the gland’s secretory cells form small flask-like sacs

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What makes a gland alveolar?

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Compound Alveolar

(Mammary Glands)

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What is mucin?

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a complex glycoprotein which dissolves in water when secreted

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Compound Tubuloalveolar

(salivary glands)

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mucous cells and goblet cells

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What are two important examples of unicellular exocrine glands?

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What is an endocrine gland?

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ductless glands which secrete hormones directly into the extracellular fluid

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Simple Alveolar

(no important example in humans)

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Compound Tubular

(Duodenal glands of the small intenstine)

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a gland which has an unbranched duct

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What is a simple gland?

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Glands which accumulate their products within them until they rupture

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What are holocrine glands?

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What makes a gland tubular?

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If the gland’s secretory units form tubes

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Simple Tubular

(Intestinal Glands)

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Simple Branched Alveolar

(Sebaceous glands)

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a complex glycoprotein which dissolves in water when secreted

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What is mucin?

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Glands which secrete their products directly onto body surfaces or into body cavities

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What is an exocrine gland?

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a messenger chemical

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What is a hormone?

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A gland which has a branched duct

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What is a compound gland?

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Simple Branched Tubular

(stomach glands)

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What makes a gland alveolar?

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If the gland’s secretory cells form small flask-like sacs

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If the gland’s secretory units form tubes

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What makes a gland tubular?

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ductless glands which secrete hormones directly into the extracellular fluid

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What is an endocrine gland?

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What are merocrine glands?

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Glands which secrete their products by exocytosis as they are produced

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What is a simple gland?

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a gland which has an unbranched duct

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Compound Tubular

(Duodenal glands of the small intenstine)

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What is a hormone?

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a messenger chemical

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Simple Tubular

(Intestinal Glands)