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What is the difference between merocrine and apocrine sweat glands?
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holocrine,apocrine,merocrine are the terms used to designate the secretory cells (glands),depending on how these cells release their secretions.
holocrine-release their secretions by lysis of the cell.
apocrine-by budding off cell membrane into vesicles.
merocrine-by exocytosis into ducts.
ascending order of tissue damage during secretion
merocrine
Sweat glands are of 2 types Eccrine(a type of merocrine) and Apocrine.
The term Apocrine sweat gland is a misnomer, since they dont secrete by apocrine mechanism, as earlier believed.
Regarding differences, both types glands vary in terms of number,distribution,nature of secretions,activity,histology,innervation,etc
I can now answer only a few things and the rest if left unanswered will be discussed by others.
first eccrine, numerous, all over the body,clear,odorless secretions rich in Nacl and H20.
next apocrine, limited,eyelids ,ear canal,alae of nose,armpits,breasts,pubic and perianal region,etc,odorless,oily,thick,opaque,secretions that gain odor after bacterial decomposition.
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D
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