Question

Nature of mammary gland is

• A. Apocrine
• B. Merocrine
• C. Holocrine
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A Apocrine

Apocrine glands are the glands which secretes their secretion by packaging them into a vesicles bud off from the plasma membrane. Lactating breast is an example of apocrine gland.
If the secretion of the cells is excreted via exocytosis from secretory cells into the epithelial-walled ducts and then onto a bodily surface or into lumen are merocrine cells (E.g., salivary glands, pancreatic glands).
In holocrine secretions, the secretions are produced in the cytoplasm of the cell and are then released by the rupture of the plasma membrane, which destroys the cell resulting in the secretion of the product into the lumen. (E.g., sebaceous gland).
So, the correct answer is option A.