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The cells that directly and specifically secrete mucus are called _____ cells.

A

epithelial

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endocrine

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exocrine

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D

goblet

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Solution

The correct option is D goblet
Agoblet cellis aglandular, modified simplecolumnar epithelial cellwhose function is to secretegel-forming mucins, the major components ofmucus.

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