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- secrete protein or mucus into ducts that carry product to internal/external surface |
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- lack ducts - release secretory products (usually hormones) into blood |
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- formed from epithelial cells - organs - produce secretion necessary for normal body functions |
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classification of exocrine |
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- complexity of duct system - shape of secretory units - type of secretion -method of secretion |
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- duct does not branch - duct branches repeatedly |
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tubular vs. acinar/alveolar vs. tubuloacinar/tubuloalveolar |
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- elongated grouping - arranged in a circle - arranged in both circles and elongated portions |
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- viscous fluid composed of mucins in water containing ions |
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- high molecular weight, highly glycosylated molecules |
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- group of mucous-secreting cells |
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- aqueous product containing proteins - any body fluid resembling a serum (accumulation of proteins) |
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- group of cells that secrete serous |
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- aka mixed - contains both types of secretion cells |
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mucoserous acinus/serous demilune |
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- group of mucus cells with a cap of serous cells |
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- merocrine/eccrine - apocrine - holocrine |
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- secretory molecules synthesized at rER - modified and packaged by Golgi - stored in cytoplasm - released from cell in exocytosis - main method of secretion in salivary gland |
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- secretory product released from cell along with some of apical portion of call - mammary glands |
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- secretory product is entire cell plus secreted molecules - cell dies - sebaceous glands associated with hair follicles |
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