Glandular Epithelium Flashcards
1
Q
2 ways to classify glands
A
- complexity
- how substances are secreted
-exocrine
-endocrine
2
Q
What is a gland
A
group of cells that secrete a fliud substance
3
Q
Exocrine glands secrete:
ex) sweat glands
A
substances outward through a duct
4
Q
Endocrine glans are:
ex) thyloid gland
A
ductless glands that secrete hormones through the bloodstream
5
Q
3 types of exocrine glands
A
- Merocine
- Apocrine
- Holocrine
6
Q
Merocrine
A
cells excrete the products via excocytosis
7
Q
apocrine
A
a portion of the cell pinches off with the secreted products
8
Q
holocrine
A
cells rupture and spill products into the duct
9
Q
Endocrine cells are:
A
packed tightly together with capillaries running through the glanduar tissue
