Report

Glandular
epithelium
Sy Quynh Anh BA12-011

Vu Chau Anh BA12-012

 Table of
Contents

1 Classification of Glandular

2 Morphological

3 Secretory mode

4 Secretory product

5 Summary
 Classification
Glandular epithelium
This is a type of epithelial tissue involved in the production and release of
different secretory products, such as: sweat, saliva, breast milk, digestive
enzymes, and hormones, among many other substances

Location:
In the stomach, or within endocrine glands, surface of ovaries, renal tubule
walls, the pancreas, the salivary gland, parts of the eye, and follicles of the
thyroid ...

Types of gland:

Uncellular: They have no ducts, but they secrete their products directly on
the free surface of open body cavities and thus, are considered exocrine
Example: goblet cell

Multicellular: Consist of many cells that work together to produce and

secrete a substance. They are classified into two types: exocrine and
endocrine glands

Endocrine
Exocrine
(in pancreas)
Morphological
Based on the morphology of the secretory part.

Tubular glands: have tube-like secretory portions,

Alveolar/Acinar glands: contain secretory parts resembling rounded bags

with wide inner free space .
Morphological
Tubular glands

Type Shape of ducts Description Location

Small intestine, uterine

Simple tubular no Uniform tube
glands

Coiled without
long,
Coiled tubular losing its tubular Sweat glands
unbranched
form

Simple Branching occurs in Pyloric glands of

no
branched the tubes stomach

Start out as simple

branched tubular, Salivary glands,
Compound branched and branch further esophagus, mammary
to terminate in glands
alveoli

Acinar glands

Type Shape of ducts Description Location

consist of a single
short,
Simple acinar unbranched duct and The pancreas
unbranched
secretory acinar cells.

consist of a branched
Branched short, duct and clusters of
Thyroid gland
acinar unbranched secretory cells called
acinar cells

consist of clustered
Salivary glands
Compound branched secretory cells and
Mammary glands
multiple ducts

consists of secretory Submandibular

Compound
branched acinar cells and Sublingual salivary
tubulo-acinar
tubules glands
 Secretory Mode
Secretory cells of exocrine glands release their products into ducts in three
different ways: merocrine, apocrine, or holocrine .

Via exocytosis

Secretory cells that excrete

products through the ducts,
usually directly onto bodily
Merocrine surfaces or externally,

No part of the gland is lost or

damaged

Example: pancreatic acinar cells,

sweat glands, salivary glands, goblet
cells, intestinal glands

Destroying their apex

membrane so that the
product flows out of the cell
into the excretion duct.
After secretion, the cell
Apocrine
regenerates its apex
membrane.

Examples: mammary glands,

ceruminous glands in the ear
canal

These glands secrete their

products through apoptosis
(the death of the entire cell,
thereby releasing its content)
Holocrine .
Examples: sebaceous glands in
the skin and meibomian glands in
the eyelids
 Secretory Mode
Secretory cells of endocrine glands release their products, signaling
molecules called hormones, into the neighboring vascularized compartment
for uptake by capillaries and distribution throughout the body

Some of the common endocrine glands include the hypothalamus, pineal

gland, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, pancreas, adrenal
gland, and gonads
 Secretory Mode
Exocrine Endocrine

-Gland cells secrete secretions

Same
-Participate in regulating the body's physiological processes

Structure:
+Small glandular cells,
+little secretion but high
biological properties, seeping
directly into the bloodstream to
Diffirent target organs
Structure:
+Large glandular cells,
+A lot of secretions but low
biological properties,
secretions go to secretory
ducts, then to organs

Participates in the process of

Participates in the process of
transforming food, eliminating
growth and development,
waste and toxins from the
homeostasis
body

Pictures
Secretory
Products
The secretory products is hormone

The secretory products of exocrine glands can be classified into three

types: serous, mucous, and sebaceous

Serous Mucous Sebaceous

protein(enzymes), proteoglycans(mucus) secrete a lipid

secrete a watery secrete a viscous (sebum)
(zymogens, antibodies,
and inorganic ions,)

Fordyce spots and

meibomian glands

Solubalize dry food, Protect epithelial cells in the Helps to protect

maintain oral linings of the respiratory, the skin
hygiene, digestive, and urogenital Contributes to
Initiate starch systems, ... body odor
Trap and remove foreign
digestion
particles: dust and pollen,
from the respiratory
 Summary

-Definition
CLASSIFICATION OF -Location
GLANDULAR - Types of Glandular

MORPHOLOGICAL -Tubular
GLANDULAR
EPITHELIUM

-Acinar

-Exocrine: Merocrine, Apocrine, Holocrine

SECRETORY MODE
-Endocrine: secrete hormones directly into
the bloodstream

-Serous
SECRETORY PRODUCT
-Mucous
-Sebaceous
Source:
https://www.osmosis.org/answers/glandular-epithelium
https://docest.com/modes-of-secretion
https://socratic.org/questions/what-is-the-difference-between-merocrine-and-apocrine
https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-sebum-1069375
https://digitalhistology.org/tissues/epithelium/glandular/exocrine/overview/overview-
exocrine-5/