Sebaceous gland, light micrograph

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Sebaceous gland, light micrograph. Sebaceous glands of the skin are multilobulated and filled with cells packed with lipid-rich vacuoles. The duct of the gland, seen at right, may connect with a hair follicle or direct to the skin surface independent of hair. The secretory product is sebum released when the cells degenerate, a process termed holocrine secretion. Cell losses are replaced by mitotic cells at the base of the lobules. Paraffin section. Masson’s trichrome stain. Magnification: x130 when printed at 10cm.

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Keywords: -, biological, biology, dermis, epidermis, gland, histological, histology, holocrine, light, lm, micrograph, microscopy, sebaceous, sebum, secretion, skin