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glandular epithelium | tissue composed of cells that are specialized to produce and secrete substances into ducts or into body fluids |
exocrine glands | type of gland that secretes products into ducts that open onto some internal or external surface |
endocrine glands | type of gland that secretes products into tissue fluid or blood |
merocrine glands | glands that release watery, protein-rich fluids by exocytosis |
apocrine glands | glands that lose small portions of their glandular cell bodies during secretion |
holocrine glands | glands in which the entire cell lyses during secretion |
lyse | cell disintegrates |
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merocrine gland | sweat glands are what kind of gland? |
apocrine gland | mammary glands are what kind of gland? |
apocrine gland | ceruminous glands lining external ear canal are what kind of gland? |
holocrine gland | sebaceous glands of the skin are what kind of gland? |