Glandular Epithelium

Question 1

Composed of cells that are specialized to produce & secrete substances into ducts or into body fluids

Answer 1

Glands

Question 2

Glands are classified based on:

Answer 2

1. Number of Cells
2. Absence or Presence of Ducts
3. Manner of secretion
4. Type of Secretion
5. Type of Morphology

Question 3

Two classification based on number of cells

Answer 3

1. Multicellular

2. Unicellular

Question 4

• Composed of a single cell (unicellular)
• Secretes Mucus
• Found in respiratory tract and intestines

Answer 4

Goblet Cells

Question 5

Goblet Cells can be stained with?

Answer 5

1. Periodic acid schiff

2. Alcian Blue

Question 6

Function of goblet cells in the respiratory tract

Answer 6

Trap microorganisms from inhaled air

Question 7

Function of goblet cells in intestines

Answer 7

Provide lubrication for digested food

Question 8

Gland with absence of Duct

Answer 8

Endocrine

Question 9

Gland with presence of duct

Answer 9

Exocrine

Question 10

Secretes substances into the blood and glands are ductless

Answer 10

Endocrine

Question 11

Secretes substances through ducts that open unto surfaces or lining epithelium

Answer 11

Exocrine

Question 12

________ will eventually become the duct

Answer 12

Proximal part

Question 13

__________ will eventually become the secretory portion

Answer 13

Distal part

Question 14

3 manners of secretion

Answer 14

1. Merocrine
2. Apocrine
3. Holocrine

Question 15

Manner of secretion that releases water, protein-rich fluid by exocytosis

Answer 15

Merocrine

Question 16

3 examples of Merocrine glands

Answer 16

1. Salivary glands
2. Sweat glands
3. Pancreas

Question 17

Gland that loses small portions of their cell body during secretion

Answer 17

Apocrine

Question 18

Examples of Apocrine glands

Answer 18

1. Mammary glands

2. Ceruminous glands

Question 19

Glands where the entire cell lyses during secretion

Answer 19

Holocrine

Question 20

Examples of holocrine glands

Answer 20

1. Sebaceous glands of the skin

2. Meibomian glands of the eyelids

Question 21

2 types of glandular secretion

Answer 21

Serous and Mucous

Question 22

• Glandular secretion that produces enzyme or protein-rich fluid
• Digestion of nutrients

Answer 22

Serous

Question 23

Glandular shape that is:

• club shaped
• serous

Answer 23

Acinar or Alveolar

Question 24

Glandular shape that is:

• tube shaped
• mucous

Answer 24

Tubular

Question 25

Morphology:

• Either tubular or Acinar
• Ducts are unbranching

Answer 25

Simple

Question 26

Morphology:

• Can have both tubular and acinar
• Ducts are branching

Answer 26

Compound

Question 27

Examples of Simple Tubular glands

Answer 27

1. Colon / Large intestine

2. Crypt of Liberkuhn

Question 28

Example of Simple Coiled Tubular glands

Answer 28

Sweat Glands

Question 29

Example of Simple branched acinar glands

Answer 29

Sebaceous Glands

Question 30

Examples of simple branched tubular glands

Answer 30

Gastric Glands

Question 31

Examples of simple acinar glands

Answer 31

None. Only present in embryos

Question 32

Examples of compound acinar glands

Answer 32

1. Pancreas

2. Parotid Glands

Question 33

Examples of Compound Tubuloacinar glands

Answer 33

1. Mammary glands
2. Submandibular glands
3. Sublingual glands

Question 34

Glandular shape that has both acinar and tubular glands

Answer 34

Tubuloacinar