{"id":1022,"date":"2017-06-21T09:06:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T12:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=1022"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:18:19","slug":"3-4-glandular-epithelia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/3-4-glandular-epithelia\/","title":{"rendered":"3-4 Glandular epithelia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-1\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong>CLASSIFICATION OF EXOCRINE GLANDS &#8211; 1<\/strong> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\nOne of the several criteria used for classifying exocrine glands refers to the <strong>branching<\/strong> of their secretory portion as well of their excretory duct or ducts.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the branching of the excretory duct:<br \/>\nSmall glands may consist of one secretory portion and a single excretory duct. This type is called a <strong>simple gland<\/strong>. The gland in the upper left portion of this page is a simple gland.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the branching of the secretory portion:<br \/>\nConsidering a gland with a more complex structure, formed by a duct and more than one secretory unit, the gland is called a <strong>branched simple gland<\/strong> &#8211; see the example in the upper right portion of the figure.<\/p>\n<p>A gland with more than one secretory unit whose excretory duct is branched is called a <strong>compound gland<\/strong>. The two drawings in the lower portion of the figure show this type of gland.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-4B.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/3-5-glandular-epithelia\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/3-3-glandular-epithelia\/\">PREVIOUS PAGE <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/3-0-glandular-epithelia\/\">MENU OF THIS CHAPTER<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1022","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20232,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1022\/revisions\/20232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}