Accumulate their secretory product at the apical surface of the secreting cell
Apocrine glands
accumulate a secretory product in their cytosol
Holocrine gland
secrets their products into ducts that empty onto the surface of covering and lining epithelium such as the skin surface pr the lumen of a hollow organ
Exocrine glands
extracellular matrix and cells
Components of connective tissue
Component of a connective tissue between the cells and fibers. May be fluid, semifluid, gelatinous, or calcified