MICROANATOMY

EPITHELIUM CONNECTIVE TISSUE SKIN

EPITHELIA GLANDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This type of secretion produces sweat and saliva
A
holocrine
B
merocrine
C
apocrine
D
berocrine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Exocrine glands secrete sweat from your sweat glands, tears from your lacrimal glands, saliva from your salivary glands, milk from your mammary glands and more.

Detailed explanation-2: -Merocrine gland is a type of exocrine gland in which the secretory products are released without resulting in any damage to the cell. These glands’ secretions are produced on ribosomes connected to the rough endoplasmic reticulum.

Detailed explanation-3: -Merocrine (aka, eccrine)-secretory vesicles fuse with the apical plasma membrane to release their products into a duct (e.g. secretion of saliva by salivary glands).

Detailed explanation-4: -So, the correct answer is ‘Merocrine’.

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