Glandular epithelium
Glandular epithelium
• Single cell glands
• Multicellular glands
Glandular epithelium
Single cell glands Multicellular glands
• endocrine
• exocrine• endoepithelial • endoepithelial
• exoepithelial
• alveolar (acinar)
• tubular
• tubuloalveolar
• simple
• branched
• compound
• serous
• mucinous
• mixed
• apocrine
• merocrine
• holocrine
Single cell glands - endoepithelial
Goblet cells in respiratory passages
goblet cells
lacunae
urethrales
Multicellular endoepithelial glands – lacunae urethrales
(Morgagni) in male urethra
lacunae
urethrales
Paneth cells and goblet cells - Intestinum tenue
Panneth
cells
Panneth
cells
Goblet cells and Paneth cells - Intestinum tenue (TEM)
enterocytes
goblet cell
Paneth cells
stem cells of intestinal
epithelium
Multicellular exoepithelial glands
Crypts of Lieberkühn - Intestinum crassum (HE)
Branched tubular glands – Pylorus (HES)
Branched alveolar (acinar) glands – sebaceous glands - Skin
Compound alveolar serous gland - Glandula parotis
serous acini
adipocytes
ducts
Compound alveolar serous gland - Glandula parotis
http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140
/
Compound tuboalveolar mixed gland - Glandula submandibularis
mucous
tubulus
mucous
tubulus
serous acini
ducts
Compound tuboalveolar mixed gland - Glandula submandibularis
lunula of
Gianuzzi
serous acinus
mucinous
tubulus
http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/
Compound tuboalveolar mixed gland - Glandula sublingualis
Glandular epithelium
Slides:
Paneth cells and goblet cells (16. Intestinum tenue)
Lacunae urethrales (male urethra)
Simple tubular glands with goblet cells (17. Intestinum crassum)
Branched tubular glands (14. Pylorus)
Branched alveolar (acinar) glands – sebaceous glands (71. Skin
with hair)
Compound serous gland (8. Glandula parotis)
Compound mixed gland (9. Glandula submandibularis)
Electronograms:
Atlas of Cytology and Embryology
https://www2.med.muni.cz/histology/multimedia-and-textbooks/
Numbers by the slides indicate their positions in sets in Microscopic Hall, not in
online atlases. These numbers allow you to find the slides easily and study them
using a microscope when the normal classes are opened.