Apocrine glands
- Apical parts of the glands shed off following secretion
- eg:Atypical Sweat glands,ceruminous glands,Glands of Moll,mammary glands.
Holocrine glands
- WHOLE part of the gland is destroyed following secretion
- eg:Sebaceous glands
Eccrine glands/Merocrine/Epicrine
- Glands remain intact(exocrine glands).
- Majority of sweat glands are Eccrine glands.
Sweat Glands
Sweat glands are of two types.
Eccrine/merocrine—–>Typical sweat glands.
- Distributed all over the body.
- Innervated by cholinergic system.
- Secretory portion has clear cell,dark cells,myoepithelial cells.
Apocrine—–>Atypical sweat glands.
- Axilla,monspubis,circumanal area,areola and nipple.
- Excretory ducts open into hair follicles.
- Functional after puberty
- Supplied by adrenergic nerves.
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