secretion
Let an agent explain secretion and its mechanisms and modes, describe secretory organs and products, relate secretion to health at a general level, and support learning.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain secretion and its mechanisms and modes, describe secretory organs and products, relate secretion to health at a general level, and support learning.
The process by which cells, glands and tissues produce and release substances such as hormones, enzymes, mucus, sweat, saliva and other body fluids for use elsewhere in the body or outside it, including internal secretion by endocrine glands into the blood, external secretion by exocrine glands through ducts, and modes such as merocrine, apocrine and holocrine secretion; secretion is a form of cellular transport studied in physiology and cell biology and disturbed in many diseases.
What it is for: Release of substances by cells and glands.
It can be explain mechanisms and modes; describe organs and products; relate to health generally; support learning.
Distinguishing features
Cellular transport
Endocrine and exocrine
Vesicle-mediated
Regulated
What it looks like
Not visible at cellular level; secreted fluids such as sweat and saliva.
How it is recognised
Substances released for use elsewhere
Endocrine or exocrine
Excretion removes waste rather than useful products
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - gastric secretion
is related to - rhythmic hormone secretion
is related to - production of secreted proteins
In practice
Families and kinds
endocrine secretion of hormones
exocrine secretion such as digestive enzymes and mucus
merocrine, apocrine and holocrine modes
secretion by specific tissues such as bronchial secretion
secretion in plants and microbes
Standards and regulation
Physiological terminology standards
Clinical guidelines for secretory disorders
Medical education standards
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing secretion with excretion
Agents giving personal medical advice
Oversimplifying mechanisms
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.secretion-body
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand How secretion works.
Biology.
Mechanism
Cellular mechanism.
Mechanism
Mechanism.
- How do cells synthesise, package and release secretory products through the secretory pathway? definition
- How do merocrine, apocrine and holocrine modes differ? definition
Systems
Endocrine and exocrine.
Systems
Systems.
- How do endocrine and exocrine secretion differ, and which glands and products are involved? definition
- Which entry fits a specific gland? action
Body Secretions of the body.
Physiology.
Products
Secreted products.
Products
Products.
- What are the functions of secretions such as saliva, mucus, sweat, digestive enzymes and hormones? definition
- Which entry fits a specific secretion? action
Regulation
Regulation of secretion.
Regulation
Regulation.
- How is secretion regulated by nerves, hormones and rhythms? definition
- How do secretions change with disease? provenance
Health Clinical relevance.
General information.
Disorders
Secretory disorders.
Disorders
Disorders.
- What disorders involve excessive or deficient secretion, in general terms, according to medical sources? provenance
- Is the user describing symptoms, which need a clinician? boundary
Other
Secretion beyond humans.
Other
Other organisms.
- How do plants, microbes and other animals secrete substances, and why does it matter? provenance
- Which entry fits microbial secretion? action
Learn Teaching and history.
Education.
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can secretion be taught in physiology and cell biology? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
History
History.
History
History.
- How was the secretory pathway discovered, including the work of Palade? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each secretion type be a separate entry?
- How should physiology references be linked?
- How should clinical guidelines be linked?