Pore

Small hole, usually used of anthers (when these open by an apical hole) or of the outer wall of pollen grains.


A small opening, particularly in the skin.


A small opening, particularly in the skin. Sweat glands secrete through one kind of pore, and hairs emerge from another. Pores in the tongue have a role in the sense of taste. Small sacs in the lungs also have pores that allow air to pass from one to another.


The mouths or openings of the tubes in boletes and polypores.


The site in a cell membrane involved in the transport of a substance across the membrane barrier.


A tiny hole in the skin through which the sweat passes.


A small communicating passage between cavities.


Small opening (e.g., openings of the sweat glands in the skin).


A very small opening on the surface of the epithelium.


A small opening; for example, sweat pores are the openings of the sweat glands on the surface of the skin.


A small opening. The word is usually used to describe an opening in the skin that releases sweat or sebum, a waxy material secreted by the sebaceous glands in the skin.


The opening of a narrow channel or duct in the skin, leading to a gland.


A tiny aperture on a surface.


The entrance of a sweat gland duct in the skin.


 

 


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