Eccrine vs. Apocrine

Eccrineadjective

Pertaining to a sweat gland; merocrine

Eccrineadjective

Pertaining to sweat

Eccrineadjective

Exocrine

Eccrineadjective

(of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature

Apocrineadjective

Of or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which involves the budding of portions of the secreting cells.

Apocrineadjective

(of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion;

Apocrine

Apocrine () is a term used to classify exocrine glands in the study of histology. Cells which are classified as apocrine bud their secretions off through the plasma membrane producing extracellular membrane-bound vesicles.