MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -A gland that makes substances such as sweat, tears, saliva, milk, and digestive juices, and releases them through a duct or opening to a body surface. Examples of exocrine glands include sweat glands, lacrimal glands, salivary glands, mammary glands, and digestive glands in the stomach, pancreas, and intestines.

Detailed explanation-2: -The three mechanisms by which exocrine glands release their secretions include merocrine, apocrine, and holocrine.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your liver and pancreas are exocrine glands too. Your liver secretes bile through ducts into your gastrointestinal tract. Your pancreas secretes pancreatic juices through ducts into your gastrointestinal tract. But your liver and pancreas are also considered endocrine glands.

Detailed explanation-4: -Salivary glands are not part of the endocrine system, despite being a gland that produces fluids and enzymes. Salivary glands are classified as exocrine glands, meaning they secrete substances that pass outside the body rather than flow through the bloodstream or act on internal organs.