Pore
# 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
