glands that deliver their secretions through ducts into body cavities or to the outside.
glandular organs that secrete their products, such as tears, mucus or gastric juice, into ducts.
Secreting outwardly via a duct.
A gland that utilizes a duct for the secretion of molecules.
(EHK-so-krihn) gland One of two main categories of glands, in which the products are released into ducts that transport them to the body surface or into body cavities.
of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions
Related to external secretion. Secretions from an exocrine gland typically flow through ducts which open up onto epithelial surfaces ( e.g. sweat gland, salivary glands, lumen of stomach). For example, pancreatic acinar cells release exocrine secretions that are digestive enzymes.
Referring to secretions from epithelial cells that collect into and flow through ducts. Saliva is an example of an exocrine secretion.
Describes a gland that secretes its product externally from the gland via a duct.
Pertaining to a gland with a duct, secreting directly onto outside surface of organism
Exocrine glands discharge secretions by means of a duct, which opens onto an epithelial surface (a tissue that covers the external surface of the body and lines hollow structures inside the body).
A system of organs that produces chemicals that go through a duct (or tube) to reach other organs whose functioning they affect.