Is a sebaceous gland apocrine, holocrine, or merocrine?
1 Answer
Mar 23, 2016
Holocrine gland.
Explanation:
According to mode of secretion there are three types of exocrine glands in body:
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Merocrine glands : secretion occurs as vesicles, no part of cell is shed.
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Apocrine glands : a portion of cell is shed with secretion.
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Holocrine glands : secretion occurs by whole cell being ruptured.
Sebaceous glands are holocrine gland.
