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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 .
Olfactory glands, Bowman's glands nose, olfactory region mucous 27 Paneth cells: small intestine: serous 28 Gley's glands, Sandstroem's glands, parathyroid gland: in the neck parathyroid hormone: 29 Parietal cell: stomach: hydrochloric acid, intrinsic factor: dynamic canaliculi 30 Parotid gland: mouth: saliva tubulo-alveolar 31 Peyer's patches ...
The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system and endocrine system of vertebrates.In humans, it is located in the abdomen behind the 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.
(e.g. sebaceous glands: meibomian and zeis glands) Exocrine glands can further be categorized by their product: Serous glands secrete a watery, often protein-rich, fluid-like product, e.g. sweat glands. Mucous glands secrete a viscous product, rich in carbohydrates (such as glycoproteins), e.g. goblet cells. Sebaceous glands secrete a lipid ...
-Exocrine glands have more complex structure than endocrine glands. -Merocrine, holocrine, and apocrine are three different ways of secreting products of exocrine glands into ducts, but endocrine gland do not have such system. -Responses of endocrine glands are slower than exocrine glands since it travels through the blood stream.
Acinar exocrine glands are found in many organs, including: the stomach [1] the sebaceous gland of the scalp; the salivary glands of the tongue [2] the liver; the lacrimal glands; the mammary glands; the pancreas [3] the bulbourethral (Cowper's) glands
There are two types of gastric gland, the exocrine oxyntic gland, and the endocrine pyloric gland. The major type of gastric gland is the oxyntic gland that is present in the fundus and the body of the stomach making up about 80 per cent of the stomach area. These glands are often referred to simply as the gastric glands.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. List of organ systems in the human body Part of a series of lists about Human anatomy General Features Regions Variations Movements Systems Structures Arteries Bones Eponymous Foramina Glands endocrine exocrine Lymphatic vessels Nerves Organs Systems Veins Muscles Abductors Adductors ...