Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.3 - Figure 6.11 - Cutaneous Glands - Page 191: 2

Answer

Halocrine, because cells die to become the secretion.

Work Step by Step

In apocrine secretion, the tips of the cells form part of the secretion, but in holocrine secretion, the whole cell is part of the secretion. In contrast, in merocrine secretion, no part ot of the cell forms part of the secretion which is expelled by exocytosis.
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