Illustration showing the three types of exocrine secretion (top to bottom): Merocine, Apocrine, and Holocrine. In Merocine secretion, the cell stays intact; in Apocrine secretion, the pinched off portion of the cell is the secretion; and in Holocrine, the mature cell dies and becomes the secretory product.

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Types of Secretion, Illustration

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