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Exocrine glands contain a glandular portion and a duct portion, the structures of which can be used to classify the gland. [1]The duct portion may be branched (called compound) or unbranched (called simple).
Sweat glands, also known as sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands, from Latin sudor 'sweat', [6] [7] are small tubular structures of the skin that produce sweat.Sweat glands are a type of exocrine gland, which are glands that produce and secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct.
The secretion of eccrine glands is a sterile, dilute electrolyte solution with primary components of bicarbonate, potassium, and sodium chloride (NaCl), [6] and other minor components that may include glucose, pyruvate, lactate, cytokines, immunoglobulins, antimicrobial peptides such as dermcidin, and many others.
Għar Dalam (Maltese pronunciation: [aːr ˈdalam]; "Cave of Dalam" (a fifteenth century family name)) is a 144-metre long phreatic tube and cave, [1] located in the outskirts of Birżebbuġa, Malta.
A sebaceous gland or oil gland [1] is a microscopic exocrine gland in the skin that opens into a hair follicle to secrete an oily or waxy matter, called sebum, which lubricates the hair and skin of mammals. [2]
The salivary glands in many vertebrates including mammals are exocrine glands that produce saliva through a system of ducts.Humans have three paired major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular, and sublingual), as well as hundreds of minor salivary glands. [1]
A mammary gland is an exocrine gland in humans and other mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring.Mammals get their name from the Latin word mamma, "breast".The mammary glands are arranged in organs such as the breasts in primates (for example, humans and chimpanzees), the udder in ruminants (for example, cows, goats, sheep, and deer), and the dugs of other animals (for example, dogs ...
The pineal gland is a pine cone-shaped (hence the name), unpaired midline brain structure. [3] [10] It is reddish-gray in colour and about the size of a grain of rice (5–8 mm) in humans.