GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What are exocrine glands? Exocrine glands release (secrete) substances through openings (ducts) onto your body surfaces. Exocrine glands secrete sweat, tears, saliva, milk and digestive juices. A gland is a unit of cells that work together to create and secrete these substances.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of exocrine glands include sweat glands, lacrimal glands, salivary glands, mammary glands, and digestive glands in the stomach, pancreas, and intestines.

Detailed explanation-3: -The three types of exocrine glands include the apocrine, holocrine, and merocrine glands. The apocrine glands release a portion of their own cells with the substance they secrete. An example of an apocrine gland is the mammary gland, which secretes milk into the ducts of the breasts.