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Epithelium Flashcards

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cilia

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hairlike projection. core of microtubules, dynein motors. beat together to move mucous/fluid. respiratory and repro systems

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microvilli

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fingerlike projections, core of actin, for absorption, in gi,

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endocrine glands

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NO DUCTS, dense vascular network,

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Exocrine glands

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simple and compound ducts

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types of secretion

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serous, mucous, mixed, lipid

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modes of secretion

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merocrine, apocrine, holocrine, cytocrine

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merocrine

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secretion by exocytosis (pancreatic granules)

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apocrine

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secretion by loss of apical portion (milk)

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holocrine

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secretion by loss of entire cell (sebaceous gland)

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cytocrine

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secretion to another cell or of a whole cell (melanin, sperm, oocyte)

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