1) Exocrine system
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Apocrine is a term used to classify exocrine glands in the study of histology. Cells which are classified as apocrine bud their secretions off through the plasma membrane producing membrane-bound vesicles in the lumen. This method is also called decapitation secretion. The apical portion of the secretory cell of the gland pinches off and enters th...
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<physiology> Form of secretion in which the apical portion of the cell is shed, as in the secretion of fat by cells of the mammary gland. The fat droplet is surrounded by apical plasma membrane and this has been used experimentally as a source of plasma membrane. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(ap´o-krin) denoting that type of glandular secretion in which the secretory products become concentrated at the free end of the secreting cell and are thrown off, along with the portion of the cell where they have accumulated, as in the mammary gland. See also holocrine and merocrine.
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Form of secretion in which the apical portion of the cell is shed, as in the secretion of fat by cells of the mammary gland. The fat droplet is surrounded by apical plasma membrane, and this has been used experimentally as a source of plasma membrane.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ap′ō-krin Definitions: 1. Denoting a mechanism of glandular secretion in which the apical portion of secretory cells is shed and incorporated into the secretion.
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Secretory glands, especially found in the armpit and groin, that secrete oily sweat derived from shed cell cytoplasm, and which contain aromatic compounds that possess emotional information for those nearby.
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adj] - (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion
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apocrine Producing a secretion that involves breaking off of the part of the cytoplasm of the secreting cells above the nucleus; produced by an apocrine gland.
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adjective (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion; `mother`s milk is one apocrine secretion`
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of or pertaining to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine). · of or pertaining to such secretions: apocrine sweat.
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