Special Histology and Embryology: Practical Course - V. K. Napkhanyuk 2001

Skin and Its Appendages
Sebaceous Glands

The sebaceous gland (glandula sebacea) is a simple branched alveolar gland of the holocrine type. Its excretory duct opens into the Hair follicle. Cell proliferation takes place in the basal layer of the terminal section. The Cells migrate toward the interior of the terminal section and accumulate fat in their Cytoplasm.

Near the excretory duct, cell breakdown occurs, resulting in The formation of the gland's secretion, known as sebum.



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