| secretory capillary |
any of the extremely fine intercellular canaliculi situated between adjacent gland cells, such as the gastric parietal cells, being formed by the apposition of grooves in the surfaces of the cells, and opening into the gland's lumen.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspz...
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| secretory duct |
a smaller duct that is tributary to an excretory duct of a gland and that also has a secretory function.
Ãâó: www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_conte...
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| secretion |
The passage of a molecule from the inside of a cell through a membrane into the periplasmic space, or the extracellular medium.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E22.htm
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| secretory granule |
A small single-membrane vesicle formed from the Golgi apparatus that transports newly synthesized proteins to the cell periphery, fuses with the cell membrane, and delivers the proteins to the extracellular space.
Ãâó: www.genpromag.com/Glossary~LETTER~S.html
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| secrete |
[seh-kREET] to make and give off something, such as mucus or poison.
Ãâó: members.aol.com/YESedu/glossary.html
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