Glands Flashcards
(36 cards)
Glands which secrete their products by exocytosis as they are produced
What are merocrine glands?
Compound Alveolar
(Mammary Glands)
What is an exocrine gland?
Glands which secrete their products directly onto body surfaces or into body cavities
What are two important examples of unicellular exocrine glands?
mucous cells and goblet cells
What are holocrine glands?
Glands which accumulate their products within them until they rupture
Compound Tubuloalveolar
(salivary glands)
What is a compound gland?
A gland which has a branched duct
Simple Alveolar
(no important example in humans)
Simple Branched Alveolar
(Sebaceous glands)
Simple Branched Tubular
(stomach glands)
If the gland’s secretory cells form small flask-like sacs
What makes a gland alveolar?
Compound Alveolar
(Mammary Glands)
What is mucin?
a complex glycoprotein which dissolves in water when secreted
Compound Tubuloalveolar
(salivary glands)
mucous cells and goblet cells
What are two important examples of unicellular exocrine glands?
What is an endocrine gland?
ductless glands which secrete hormones directly into the extracellular fluid
Simple Alveolar
(no important example in humans)
Compound Tubular
(Duodenal glands of the small intenstine)
a gland which has an unbranched duct
What is a simple gland?
Glands which accumulate their products within them until they rupture
What are holocrine glands?
What makes a gland tubular?
If the gland’s secretory units form tubes
Simple Tubular
(Intestinal Glands)
Simple Branched Alveolar
(Sebaceous glands)
a complex glycoprotein which dissolves in water when secreted
What is mucin?
