KROK 1 2007 – Question 197 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
A patient complains of dryness of head skin, itching, fragility and loss of hair. After examination he was diagnosed with seborrhea. Disturbed activity of which cells caused this condition?
- A. Cells of sudoriferous glands
- B. Adipocytes
- C. Cells of sebaceous glands
- D. Melanocytes
- E. Epithelial cells
Hint
Seborrhea is a disorder of the fatty secretion that lubricates skin and hair; ask which gland cells make it by holocrine secretion.
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