Select the type of gland with its appropriate example.

Question

Select the type of gland with its appropriate example. (A) An adrenal gland is an endocrine gland (B) Mammary gland is an apocrine gland (C) The thymus gland is an heterocrine gland (D) Sebaceous gland is an endocrine gland

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The apocrine secretion of mammary gland takes place by means of decapitation, a process in which the apical portion of the secretory cell cytoplasm pinches off and enters the lumen of the gland.

Q. Select the type of gland with its appropriate example.

An adrenal gland is an endocrine gland

Mammary gland is an apocrine gland

The thymus gland is an heterocrine gland

Sebaceous gland is an endocrine gland

The apocrine secretion of mammary gland takes place by means of decapitation, a process in which the apical portion of the secretory cell cytoplasm pinches off and enters the lumen of the gland.