secretory
Releasing bodily substances
Secretory describes glands, cells, or tissues that produce and release substances.
Secretory glands include those that produce sweat, saliva, hormones, and digestive enzymes.
The term appears in medical and biological contexts: secretory cells, secretory function, secretory vesicles.
Mouth's digestive secretion
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- sebumNatural skin lubricant
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
- bileLiver-made digestive fluid
tears · cerumen · milk · semen · gastric juice · pancreatic juice · vitreous humor · chyme
Of spit-producing glands
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- sebaceousOil-secreting, of skin
- mammaryOf milk glands
- lacrimalOf tear production
prostate · gastric · intestinal · mucous · serous · pancreatic · adrenal · pituitary
Small enclosed sacs
- granulesSmall discrete particles
- exocytosisVesicular release from cells
- endoplasmic reticulumCytoplasmic membrane network for synthesis
- Golgi apparatusProtein processing organelle
ductal · epithelial · zymogen
Pancreatic glucose-regulating hormone
- cortisolAdrenal steroid regulating stress
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
progesterone · prolactin · oxytocin · thyroxine · melatonin · glucagon · vasopressin · aldosterone
saliva
Mouth's digestive secretion
bile · tears · cerumen · milk · semen · gastric juice · pancreatic juice · vitreous humor · chyme · lymph
salivary
Of spit-producing glands
lacrimal · prostate · gastric · intestinal · mucous · serous · pancreatic · adrenal · pituitary · pineal
vesicles
Small enclosed sacs
- granulesSmall discrete particles
- exocytosisVesicular release from cells
- endoplasmic reticulumCytoplasmic membrane network for synthesis
insulin
Pancreatic glucose-regulating hormone
- cortisolAdrenal steroid regulating stress
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
testosterone · progesterone · prolactin · oxytocin · thyroxine · melatonin · glucagon · vasopressin · aldosterone · parathormone
amylase
Starch-digesting enzyme
trypsin · lactase · phosphatase · nuclease · maltase · invertase · collagenase · secretin
- epitheliumepithelium, squamous, columnar, stratified, simple
- gland descriptorsadrenal, endocrine, exocrine, hormonal, mammary
- cell termscellular, cytoplasmic, nuclear, mitotic, eukaryotic
- plant hairstrichome, hair, pubescence, bristle, seta
- secretory phaseUterine lining maturation period
- secretory pathwayCellular protein trafficking system
secret, secrecy, secretive, secretary, discreet, discretion, secretion, secrete, secreted