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  2. Gland - Wikipedia

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    Merocrine glands – cells secrete their substances by exocytosis. (e.g. mucous and serous glands; also called "eccrine", e.g. major sweat glands of humans, goblet cells, salivary gland, tear gland and intestinal glands) Apocrine glands – a portion of the secreting cell's body is lost during secretion.

  3. List of glands of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Sudoriparous glands, Boerhaave's glands skin: 39 Sigmund's glands: epitrochlear lymph nodes of axilla: 40 Suzanne's gland: mouth, beneath the alveolo-lingual groove [1] mucous 41 Tiedmann's glands, Bartholin's glands, vulvovaginal glands vulva, vagina: 42 Tubarial glands: posterior nasopharynx, over the torus tubarius [2] saliva 43 Uterine ...

  4. Organ (biology) - Wikipedia

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    1905 diagram of the internal organs of human body. In the study of anatomy, viscera (sg.: viscus) refers to the internal organs of the abdominal, thoracic, and pelvic cavities. [5] The abdominal organs may be classified as solid organs or hollow organs. The solid organs are the liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, and adrenal glands.

  5. List of human cell types - Wikipedia

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    Salivary gland mucous cell Exocrine secretory epithelial cells Ectoderm: Salivary gland serous cell Von Ebner's gland cell in tongue (washes taste buds) Mammary gland cell (milk secretion) Lacrimal gland cell (tear secretion) Ceruminous gland cell in ear (earwax secretion) Eccrine sweat gland dark cell (glycoprotein secretion) Eccrine sweat ...

  6. Lymph node - Wikipedia

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    Lymph nodes become inflamed or enlarged in various diseases, which may range from trivial throat infections to life-threatening cancers. The condition of lymph nodes is very important in cancer staging, which decides the treatment to be used and determines the prognosis. Lymphadenopathy refers to glands that are enlarged or swollen. When ...

  7. Salivary gland - Wikipedia

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    The two parotid glands are major salivary glands wrapped around the mandibular ramus in humans. [6] These are largest of the salivary glands, secreting saliva to facilitate mastication and swallowing, and amylase to begin the digestion of starches. [7] It is the serous type of gland which secretes alpha-amylase (also known as ptyalin). [8]

  8. Merocrine - Wikipedia

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    Merocrine (or eccrine) is a term used to classify exocrine glands and their secretions in the study of histology. A cell is classified as merocrine if the secretions of that cell are excreted via exocytosis from secretory cells into an epithelial-walled duct or ducts and then onto a bodily surface or into the lumen.

  9. Endocrine gland - Wikipedia

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    Endocrinopathies are classified as primary, secondary, or tertiary. Primary endocrine disease inhibits the action of downstream glands. Secondary endocrine disease is indicative of a problem with the pituitary gland. Tertiary endocrine disease is associated with dysfunction of the hypothalamus and its releasing hormones. [citation needed]