aSebaceous glands secrete an oily substance called sebum that is made of lipids and the debris of dead fat-producing cells. The primary function of sebum is to protect and waterproof hair and skin, and keep them from becoming dry, brittle, or cracked; it can also inhibit the growth of ...
(e.g. sebaceous glands: meibomian and zeis glands) Exocrine glands can further be categorized by their product: Serous glands secrete a watery...- referred to as oral Fordyce granules or ectopic sebaceous glands. On the ***, they are called Tyson's glands, but should not be confused with...
Sebaceous Glands Unlike eccrine andapocrine glands,sebaceous glandsareholocrineglands; that is, they secrete by sloughing of entire cells into the ductal lumen. The result is a thick, oily secretion known assebum.Sebaceous glandsgenerally have a branched, acinar pattern, with multiple lobules, each...
Control and function of sebaceous glands. Physiol Rev69: 383-416 This review describes the various types of sebaceous glands, their locations, and where possible their different functions. All sebaceous glands are similar in structure and secrete sebum by a holocrine process. However, the nature ...
Human apocrine and sebaceous glands function to secrete lipids, predominantly triglycerides, fatty acids, cholesterol and its esters, and, in the sebaceous gland, squalene. The enzymes that catalyze the important regulatory steps in cholesterol and fatty acid biosyntheses, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-...