{"id":1266,"date":"2017-06-24T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T20:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=1266"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:04:35","slug":"3-18-glandular-epithelia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/3-18-glandular-epithelia\/","title":{"rendered":"3-18 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>ENDOCRINE 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\"> <strong>Follicular endocrine gland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The secretory cells of this type of endocrine glands are organized to form the wall of microscopic spheres or <strong>follicles<\/strong>. Their cells are usually a simple epithelium whose secretion accumulates inside the follicle.<br \/>\nThe secretion the thyroid is called <strong>colloid<\/strong> and contains the precursors of thyroid hormones.<br \/>\nThe figure highlights three follicles: their walls, formed by secretory cells, are highlighted in blue. The shape of the epithelial cells varies depending on the secretory activity of each follicle: they can be squamous, cuboidal or columnar &#8211; in this image they are mostly cuboidal. The colloid accumulated inside the follicles is highlighted in pink.<br \/>\nGroups of other endocrine cells are present between the follicles.<\/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<div onclick>\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<div class=\"extra\">\n<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-22.jpg \" onmouseover=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-22MO.jpg'\" onmouseout=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-22.jpg'\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Thyroid. Staining: HE. Medium magnification.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/mouse-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><\/p>\n<div onclick=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/3-17-glandular-epithelia\/\">PREVIOUS PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>END OF CHAPTER 3 <em>GLANDULAR EPITHELIA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/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-1266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266","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=1266"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20497,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266\/revisions\/20497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}