1) Exocrine system
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Exocrine glands are glands of the exocrine system that secrete their essential product by way of a duct to some environment external to itself, either inside the body or on a surface of the body. 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 bloods...
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(from the article `endocrine system, human`) It is important to distinguish between an endocrine gland, which discharges hormones into the bloodstream, and an exocrine gland, which secretes ... Cystic fibrosis affects the functioning of the body`s exocrine glands—e.g., the mucus-secreting and sweat glands—in the respiratory an...
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<anatomy> A gland that secretes its products through ducts or canals, such as sweatglands or mammary glands. ... Compare: endocrine gland. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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a gland that discharges its secretions through ducts opening on internal or external surfaces of the body; examples include the lacrimal, salivary, sebaceous, sweat, gastric, intestinal, and mammary glands, as well as the liver, pancreas, and prostate.
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A gland that produces a secretion and releases it through a duct or canal, often to the surface of the skin or to the surface of an internal organ. For example, sweat through the sweat glands, and the oily substance sebum, secreted through the hair follicles.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a gland from which secretions reach a free surface of the body, frequently through ducts.
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Exocrine gland: A gland that secretes a substance out through a duct. The exocrine glands include the salivary glands, sweat glands and glands within the gastrointestinal tract. The exocrine glands are the 'glands of external secretion.'
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(ek;suo-krin) A gland that secretes its product to an epithelial surface, directly or through ducts.
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An exocrine gland is one which secretes onto a surface. Such as a sweat gland.
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n] - a gland that secretes externally through a duct
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exocrine noun a gland that secretes externally through a duct
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Gland that discharges secretions, usually through a tube or a duct, onto a surface. Examples include sweat glands which release sweat on to the skin, and digestive glands which release digestive juices onto the walls of the intestine. Some animals also have endocrine glands (ductless glands) that release hormones directly into the bloodstream
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any of several glands, as the salivary glands, that secrete externally through a duct.
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