{"id":12623,"date":"2024-12-03T19:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T22:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=12623"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:22:31","slug":"3-5-glandular-epithelia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/3-5-glandular-epithelia\/","title":{"rendered":"3-5 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; 2<\/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\">\n<p>An important criterion for classifying exocrine glands concerns the <strong>shape of the secretory portion<\/strong>, in <strong>green color in the figure<\/strong>.<br \/>\nA and B &#8211; if the secretory unit is shaped as a tubule the gland is called <strong>tubulous gland<\/strong>.<br \/>\nC &#8211; the same name is used even if the gland does not have an excretory duct, meaning that the tubule secretes and conducts the secretion.<br \/>\nD &#8211; <strong>Simple branched tubular gland<\/strong> (a single duct with a branched tubular secretory unit).<br \/>\nE &#8211; <strong>Compound tubular gland<\/strong> (tubular secretory portions and branched duct).<br \/>\nF &#8211; <strong>Coiled tubular gland<\/strong> click on the link to see drawings of <a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/1-17-basic-concepts\" target=\"_blank\">a sectioned coiled tubule<\/a><br \/>\nG &#8211; when the secretory unit is spherical or oval, it is an <strong>acinar gland<\/strong>, also called <strong>alveolar gland<\/strong>.<br \/>\nH &#8211; <strong>compound acinar gland<\/strong> &#8211; with a branched duct.<br \/>\nI &#8211; <strong>mixed tubular-acinar gland<\/strong> &#8211; some secretory portions are acini and other are tubules.<br \/>\nLater on we will study the classification of some types of glands according to the morphology and function of their cells.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" http:\/\/mol.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-5.gif \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/3-6-glandular-epithelia\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/3-4-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-12623","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12623","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=12623"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20347,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12623\/revisions\/20347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}