Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== GLANDS ====== * GLANDS * based on number of cells * unicellular * multicellular * based on presence of duct * exocrine * number of branches of duct * simple * crypts of leiburkuhn * sweat glands * fundic glands of stomach * mucous glands of urethra * meibomian glands * compound * Brunner's glands * mammary glands * submandibular glands * shape of secretory unit * tubular * coiled * sweat glands ( coiled tubular) * Intestinal glands * gastric glands * acinar * exocrine pancreas * salivary glands * alveolar * nature of secretory product * serous * serous acini * lined by pyramidal shaped simple columnar epithelium * rounded basal nucleus * Rough endoplasmic reticulum * basal basophilia * golgi complex well developed * apical eosinophilia * lumen * smaller than mucous acini * examples * parotid gland , lacrimal gland , von ebner's gland in tongue * mucous * mucous acini * lined by pyramidal shaped simple columnar epithelium * flat elongated basal placed nucleus * empty cytoplasm on H&E staining * mucus stored in form of mucinogen granules * lost during preparation of tissue specimen * lumen * wider * staining * positive with periodic-acid-schiff staining * dark magenta stain * mixed * mucous acini with serous demilunes * endocrine * based on manner of secretion * merocrine * vesicles * apocrine * through apical part * holocrine * whole cell disintegrates and secretes * signaling * paracrine signaling * autocrine signaling en/3d_gland.txt Last modified: 2024/06/16 12:02by 127.0.0.1