3 types
Merocrine gland
Merocrine gland
- Does not discharge its own cellular components
- Seen in simple sweat glands,casein secretion in mammary gland,pancreas
Apocrine gland
- Discharges apical part of cell
- Seen in complex sweat gland present in axillary and anogenital region,fat secretion by mammary gland
Holocrine gland
- Discharges whole cell
- Seen in sebaceous glands
