Equine Physiology Workbook

ii) Apocrine Glands: products accumulate at the apical surface of the cell and a portion of the plasma membrane pinches off to form a vesicle around products being secreted. The cell is repaired and the process repeats.

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iii) Holocrine Glands: products accumulate in the cytosol and the cell ruptures to releasing cell contents into the ECF.

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B. Connective Tissue

Connective tissue is the most abundant and widely distributed tissue in the body. There are 5 different categories of connective tissue that lie deep to epithelial tissue.

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