The exocrine gland are glands which makes substances such as sweat, tears, saliva, milk, and digestive juices, and releases them through a duct or opening to a body surface.
Some examples of exocrine glands are sweat glands, lacrimal glands, salivary glands, mammary glands, and digestive glands in the stomach, pancreas, and intestines.
Endocrine glands are the glands that secrete hormones without ducts, while exocrine glands secrete hormones through ducts.
The 3 types of exocrine glands are.
Holocrine Glands.
Merocrine Glands.
Apocrine Glands.
The largest endocrine gland is the thyroid.
Weighing around approximately 25 – 30 grams in adults, the thyroid regulates significant metabolic processes which are associated with body temperature, heart rate and energy levels.
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 parenchyma functions as both an exocrine gland producing excretory products to be secreted into the biliary duct system, and an endocrine gland, synthe- sising products to be directly delivered to the blood.