MICROANATOMY

EPITHELIUM CONNECTIVE TISSUE SKIN

EPITHELIA GLANDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of epithelial tissue would make up salivary, sweat, oil, and mammary glands?
A
Simple cuboidal
B
Simple columnar
C
Simple squamous
D
Transitional
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Stratified cuboidal epithelium is usually less common and is found in the salivary, mammary and sweat glands. Their major functions are protection, excretion and secretion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Apocrine sweat glands are tubular, coiled secretory glands lined by simple cuboidal epithelium that surround a larger lumen than eccrine sweat glands. Within the basal region, they contain myoepithelial cells with contractile properties that assist in the movement of secretory products upward and outward.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sweat glands are simple tubular glands lined by cuboidal epithelium.

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