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The type of gland in which the entire glandular cell when filled with secretary products is discharged as a part of the secretion

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Merocrine

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Holocrine

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Exocrine

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Apocrine

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Solution

The correct option is B Holocrine
In holocrine glands, the entire glandular cell breaks down and the products of this disintegration are discharged as the secretion. Sebaceous glands are the main example of glands that use the holocrine method of secretion.

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$1$	Holocrine gland	Sebaceous gland
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