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Merocrine

Secretory mechanism

Merocrine

Secretory mechanism

Merocrine secretion

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.

Merocrine is the most common manner of secretion. The gland releases its product and no part of the gland is lost or damaged (compare holocrine and apocrine).

The term eccrine is specifically used to designate merocrine secretions from sweat glands (eccrine sweat glands), although the term merocrine is often used interchangeably.

Examples

  • Paneth cells of the intestine
  • Certain sweat glands

References

References

  1. [http://www.aad.org/education/students/glands.htm Eccrine and Apocrine Glands] {{webarchive. link. (2009-04-05 Donald J. Baker, M.D., and Warren R. Heymann, M.D. American Academy of Dermatology. Retrieved on April 18, 2010)
  2. (2010-01-01). "Chapter Fifteen - Communication by Olfactory Signals in Rabbits: Its Role in Reproduction". Academic Press.
  3. (2013-01-01). "Chapter 44 - Radiation and Other Physical Agents". Academic Press.
  4. Matsubara F. (1977). "Morphological study of the Paneth cell. Paneth cells in intestinal metaplasia of the stomach and duodenum of man.". Acta Pathol Jpn.
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