Lecture 31- Glands Flashcards
What types of glands secrete into the bloodstream
endocrine
What type of glands secrete into the ducts
Exocrine
What type of glands can be straight or coiled surrounding a central lumen?
Tubular
What type of gland surrounds a spherical duct?
Acinar
what is the most common type of secretion, where the secretory droplets fuse with the plasma membrane?
Merocrine
What type of secretion pinches off the apical cytoplasm?
Apocrine
What type of gland are ceruminous glands?
Apocrine
Create ear wax
What type of gland secretes the entire cell?
Holocrine
What type of gland is sebaceous
(skin and eyelids) Holocrine
What type of secretion is high in protein?
Serous
What type of secretion is high in glycoprotein and found in foamy-appearing cytoplasm?
Mucous
What layer can be found between the cuboidal cells and the basement membrane and has contractile function
myoepithelium
What type of gland is frequently associated with hair follicles
Coiled apocrine glands
What type of gland is found on foot pads
Eccrine gland