EPITHELIUM
EPITHELIAL TISSUES
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Exocrine
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Endocrine
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Exothermic
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Endothermic
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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: -Exocrine glands are glands that secrete substances on to an epithelial surface by way of a duct. Examples of exocrine glands include sweat, salivary, mammary, ceruminous, lacrimal, sebaceous, prostate and mucous.
Detailed explanation-3: -The three mechanisms by which exocrine glands release their secretions include merocrine, apocrine, and holocrine. Merocrine glands are the most common subtype. By definition, merocrine gland secretions exit the cell via exocytosis.