Created at 3:35 a.m. Dec, 12, 2025
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mjstrok
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The previous wording sounded like merocrine secretion to me.
Source: Other - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482199/
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e.g., mammary gland
* note that apocrine sweat glands use merocrine secretion, despite the name

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| Type of secretion | Mechanism | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Merocrine | Exocytosis of secretory vesicles (no loss of membrane) | Saliva, eccrine sweat glands, apocrine sweat glands* |
| Apocrine | Release of vesicles formed by membrane | Mammary glands |
| Holocrine | Cell lysis | Sebaceous glands, meibomian glands |
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