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28 Cards in this Set
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Glands don't release their secretions into the...
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bloodstream.
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Exocrine and endocrine glands are not produced by mitosis of...
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epithelial cells.
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Exocrine and endocrine glands do not begin glandular...
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primordium.
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In endocrine glands apoptosis and cytolysis do not destroy the primordium’s connection to the...
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epithelium
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In exocrine glands, apoptosis and cytolysis do not convert the primordium into... and.... units
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ducts/secretory
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In exocrine glands, the secretory unit cells are called... cells
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myoepithelial
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Hormones are produced and released by ... gland cells.
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endocrine
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Hormones are transported by the...
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bloodstream
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Hormones affect only cells with the appropriate cell membrane...
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receptors.
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Hormones affect the rates at which target cells perform specific ...
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functions
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During ... secretion, the unit membrane surrounding a secretory droplet is incorporated. into the cell membrane
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merocrine
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During ... secretion, the secretory product is released along with a small amount of cell membrane and cytoplasm.
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apocrine
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During ... secretion, the secretory product is released by cytolysis of the cell that produced and stored it.
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holocrine
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Goblet cells are located in epithelia and secrete...
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mucous
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If a gland has a branched duct, then it must be a compound ... gland.
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exocrine
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If an exocrine gland has an unbranched duct and a long, narrow secretory unit, then it would be described best as simple ...
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tubular
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If a gland has an unbranched duct and two or more rounded secretory units attached directly to the duct, then it would be described best as simple branched...
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acinar.
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If a gland has a branched duct and tube-like secretory units that are expanded at their ends, then it would be described best as compound...
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tubuloalveolar.
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Through which of the listed parts of the duct system would a secretion pass fourthly after it is released from the secretory unit cells?
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intralobular
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The stroma of a compound gland is a connective...
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tissue.
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The epithelial components of a compound gland - its secretory
units and ducts - are referred to as the gland ... |
parenchyma
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Serous secretory unit cells release a watery...
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secretion
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Serous secretory unit cells usually have oval to round ...
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nuclei
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Serous secretory unit cells usually have a granular looking...
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cytoplasm
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Serous secretory unit cells stain more darkly than ... cells.
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mucous
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A group of serous cells arranged in a crescent around a mucous
secretory unit is called a serous... |
demilune
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Compound glands are described as mucous, serous, or
seromucous on the basis of the characteristics of their... units |
secretory
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a well-developed smooth endoplasmic reticulum is not necessarily characteristic of a gland cell synthesizing and secreting large amounts of...
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protein
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