Gland that secretes substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct
Exocrine gland
An acinus is a round cluster of exocrine cells connected to a duct.
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Identifiers
Latin
glandula exocrina
MeSH
D005088
TH
H2.00.02.0.03014
FMA
9596
Anatomical terminology
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Exocrine glands are glands that secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct.[1] Examples of exocrine glands include sweat, salivary, mammary, ceruminous, lacrimal, sebaceous, prostate and mucous. Exocrine glands are one of two types of glands in the human body, the other being endocrine glands, which secrete their products directly into the bloodstream. The liver and pancreas are both exocrine and endocrine glands; they are exocrine glands because they secrete products—bile and pancreatic juice—into the gastrointestinal tract through a series of ducts, and endocrine because they secrete other substances directly into the bloodstream. Exocrine sweat glands are part of the integumentary system; they have eccrine and apocrine types.
^Young, Barbara; O'Dowd, Geraldine; Woodford, Phillip (2013). Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas (Sixth ed.). Elsevier. p. 95. ISBN 978-0702047473. LCCN 2013036824.
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A mammary gland is an exocrinegland in humans and other mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring. Mammals get their name from the Latin word...
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in the decomposition of starches during mastication. It is the main exocrinegland to secrete this. It breaks down amylose (straight chain starch) and...
stomach and functions as a gland. The pancreas is a mixed or heterocrine gland, i.e., it has both an endocrine and a digestive exocrine function. 99% of the...
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glands of the human body There are several specialized glands within the human integumentary system that are derived from apocrine or sebaceous gland...
The lacrimal glands are paired exocrineglands, one for each eye, found in most terrestrial vertebrates and some marine mammals, that secrete the aqueous...
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an exocrinegland, secreting its hormones into the gut, and associated with the larva's filter-feeding apparatus. In the adult lamprey, the gland separates...
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tract, the reproductive and urinary tracts, and make up the exocrine and endocrine glands. The outer surface of the cornea is covered with fast-growing...
preorbital gland is a paired exocrinegland found in many species of artiodactyls, which is homologous to the lacrimal gland found in humans. These glands are...
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