Glands Flashcards

1
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Glands which secrete their products by exocytosis as they are produced

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What are merocrine glands?

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2
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Compound Alveolar

(Mammary Glands)

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3
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What is an exocrine gland?

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Glands which secrete their products directly onto body surfaces or into body cavities

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4
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What are two important examples of unicellular exocrine glands?

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mucous cells and goblet cells

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4
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What are holocrine glands?

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Glands which accumulate their products within them until they rupture

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5
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Compound Tubuloalveolar

(salivary glands)

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7
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What is a compound gland?

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A gland which has a branched duct

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9
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Simple Alveolar

(no important example in humans)

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10
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Simple Branched Alveolar

(Sebaceous glands)

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10
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Simple Branched Tubular

(stomach glands)

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11
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If the gland’s secretory cells form small flask-like sacs

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What makes a gland alveolar?

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12
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Compound Alveolar

(Mammary Glands)

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13
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What is mucin?

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a complex glycoprotein which dissolves in water when secreted

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14
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Compound Tubuloalveolar

(salivary glands)

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15
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mucous cells and goblet cells

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What are two important examples of unicellular exocrine glands?

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16
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What is an endocrine gland?

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ductless glands which secrete hormones directly into the extracellular fluid

16
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Simple Alveolar

(no important example in humans)

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17
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Compound Tubular

(Duodenal glands of the small intenstine)

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17
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a gland which has an unbranched duct

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What is a simple gland?

18
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Glands which accumulate their products within them until they rupture

A

What are holocrine glands?

20
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What makes a gland tubular?

A

If the gland’s secretory units form tubes

20
Q

Simple Tubular

(Intestinal Glands)

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22
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Simple Branched Alveolar

(Sebaceous glands)

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23
Q

a complex glycoprotein which dissolves in water when secreted

A

What is mucin?

24
Q

Glands which secrete their products directly onto body surfaces or into body cavities

A

What is an exocrine gland?

26
Q

a messenger chemical

A

What is a hormone?

27
Q

A gland which has a branched duct

A

What is a compound gland?

28
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Simple Branched Tubular

(stomach glands)

29
Q

What makes a gland alveolar?

A

If the gland’s secretory cells form small flask-like sacs

30
Q

If the gland’s secretory units form tubes

A

What makes a gland tubular?

31
Q

ductless glands which secrete hormones directly into the extracellular fluid

A

What is an endocrine gland?

32
Q

What are merocrine glands?

A

Glands which secrete their products by exocytosis as they are produced

33
Q

What is a simple gland?

A

a gland which has an unbranched duct

34
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Compound Tubular

(Duodenal glands of the small intenstine)

35
Q

What is a hormone?

A

a messenger chemical

36
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Simple Tubular

(Intestinal Glands)