title: Pore
text: # Pore
  
  Pore may refer to:
  
  ## Biology
  
  ### Animal biology and microbiology
  
  * Sweat pore, an anatomical structure of the skin of humans (and other mammals) used for secretion of sweat
  * Hair follicle, an anatomical structure of the skin of humans (and other mammals) used for secretion of sebum
  * Canal pore, an anatomical structure that is part of the lateral line sense system of some aquatic organisms
  * Gonopore, a genital pore present in some invertebrates, particularly insects
  * Ozopore, the external discharge site of defensive glands in millipedes and some arachnids
  * An opening across both inner and outer bacterial membranes, a part of many Gram-negative bacterial secretion systems
  * One of the openings communicating with the skin surface at the terminus of lactiferous ducts in milk-producing mammals
  
  ### Plant and fungal biology
  
  * Germ pore, a small pore in the outer wall of a fungal spore through which the germ tube exits upon germination
  * Stoma, a small opening on a plant leaf used for gas exchange
  * An anatomical feature of the anther in some plant species, the opening through which pollen is released
  * A characteristic surface feature of porate pollen
  * An opening in a poricidal fruit capsule
  
  ### Cell and molecular biology
  
  * Nuclear pore, a large protein complex that penetrates the nuclear envelope in eukaryotic cells
  * Ion channel pore, the ion-selective opening in the membrane of a eukaryotic cell formed by members of the ion channel family of proteins
  * A water-selective opening (water channel) in the membrane of a eukaryotic cell formed by assemblies of the protein aquaporin
  
  ## People
  
  ### Given name
  
  * Pore Mosulishvili (1918–1944), decorated Soviet soldier during World War II
  
  ### Family name
  
  * Ryan Pore (born 1983), American soccer player
  * Daniel Alolga Akata Pore, Ghanaian politician
  
  ## Physical sciences
  
  * Pore (material), one of many small openings in a solid substance of any kind that contribute to the substance's porosity (typical usage in earth sciences, materials science and construction)
  * A small defect in the crystal structure that may arise during sintering to form solids from powders, including ceramics
  * Pore (bread), an air pocket in bread
  * Pore space in soil, the liquid and gas phases of soil
  * Void (composites), a pore that remains unoccupied in a composite material
  * Solar pore, a newly forming sunspot without a penumbra
  
  ## Places
  
  * Partap Pore, a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India
  * Pig-poré, a village in Burkina Faso
  * Pore, Casanare, a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * P.O.R.E. (Partido Obrero Revolucionario de España), the Revolutionary Workers' Party of Spain
  