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Breast: lactation
Secretory cells of the breast secrete by both the merocrine (protein) and apocrine (lipid) modes of secretion. In the lower right of the field, secretory product is in the process of being released from the cells. The clear regions in the cytoplasm contain lipid. 1000x
![Acini <p>Secretory cells of the breast secrete by both the merocrine (protein) and apocrine (lipid) modes of secretion. In the lower right of the field, secretory product is in the process of being released from the cells. The clear regions in the cytoplasm contain lipid. 1000x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/O.R.F.B.08.P01.png)
Acini
Secretory cells of the breast secrete by both the merocrine (protein) and apocrine (lipid) modes of secretion. In the lower right of the field, secretory product is in the process of being released from the cells. The clear regions in the cytoplasm contain lipid. 1000x
![- Lipid droplets <p>Secretory cells of the breast secrete by both the merocrine (protein) and apocrine (lipid) modes of secretion. In the lower right of the field, secretory product is in the process of being released from the cells. The clear regions in the cytoplasm contain lipid. 1000x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/O.R.F.B.08.P03.png)
- Lipid droplets
Secretory cells of the breast secrete by both the merocrine (protein) and apocrine (lipid) modes of secretion. In the lower right of the field, secretory product is in the process of being released from the cells. The clear regions in the cytoplasm contain lipid. 1000x
![Secretory product <p>Secretory cells of the breast secrete by both the merocrine (protein) and apocrine (lipid) modes of secretion. In the lower right of the field, secretory product is in the process of being released from the cells. The clear regions in the cytoplasm contain lipid. 1000x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/O.R.F.B.08.P02.png)
Secretory product
Secretory cells of the breast secrete by both the merocrine (protein) and apocrine (lipid) modes of secretion. In the lower right of the field, secretory product is in the process of being released from the cells. The clear regions in the cytoplasm contain lipid. 1000x