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Histology - EG
Epithelia & Glands
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Types of exocrine secretions | Mucous (glycoproteins) --- Serous (watery, proteinaceous) --- Serous demilunes (serous cells covering mucous cells) |
| Modes of exocrine secretions | Merocrine (released in small vesiscles, no cytoplasm lost) --- Apocrine (released in large vesicles, some cytoplasm lost) --- Holocrine (released by destruction of whole cell) |
| Type of unicellular glands | Goblet cells (secrete mucous, merocrine secretion) |
| Morphology of glands | Unicellular, simple tubular, simple acinar, simple coiled tubular, simple branched tubular, simple branched acinar, compound tubular, compound acinar, compound tubuloacinar |
| Contractile cells that help release product | Myoepithelial cells |
| Metaplasia | Abnormal change in tissue; may lead to carcinoma |
| Kartangener's syndrome | Immotile cilia, may lead to infertility, situs inversus, respiratory problems |