Question

bio-201l topic 2: tissues and integument
practice it
identify the merocrine secretion.

Explanation:

Merocrine secretion is a type of exocrine gland secretion where the cell remains intact and secretes its product by exocytosis. In the provided images, (a) shows secretion via exocytosis from secretory vesicles without any loss of cellular material, which is characteristic of merocrine secretion. Image (b) depicts apocrine secretion where a portion of the cell is pinched - off as the secretion, and image (c) depicts holocrine secretion where the entire cell disintegrates to release the secretion.

Answer:

(a)