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What structure is both a duct gland and an endocrine gland?
The pancreas is both a duct gland and an endocrine gland. It has exocrine functions, releasing digestive enzymes into the pancreatic duct, and endocrine functions, producing insulin and glucagon to regulate blood sugar levels.
How is endocrine gland different from others?
It's no duct
What gland has no duct and secretes its product directly into the blood?
The gland that has no duct and secretes its product directly into the blood is the endocrine gland. Examples of endocrine glands include the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, and adrenal gland.
Is the Cowper's gland an endocrine gland?
The Cowper's gland is not an endocrine gland. It's an exocrine gland with a duct.
Do the pancreatic islets secrete their hormones into the same duct system by the exocrine secretory cells?
No, the pancreatic islets, which contain endocrine cells secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream, while the exocrine secretory cells secrete digestive enzymes into ducts that eventually empty into the small intestine.
What is an endocrine cell?
Endocrine cells can be found in glands of the endocrine system.
Can the endocrine system affect cells?
Yes, the endocrine system can affect cells. By secreting hormones into the bloodstream, the endocrine system sends chemical messengers to cells that alter their function.
How do endocrine glands communicate with cells?
endocrine glands secrete hormones into the bloodstream and these hormones reach cells and impact these cells.
Do endocrine glands have cilia?
Endocrine glands typically do not have cilia. These glands are primarily involved in the secretion of hormones directly into the bloodstream and lack duct systems, differentiating them from exocrine glands that may have cilia for moving substances. Instead, endocrine cells are specialized for hormone production and release, relying on other mechanisms for cellular signaling and transport.
What kind of cells are in the excretory system?
Endocrine Cells
What is secrete into capillaries that run through each endocrine glands?
They are known as the exocrine or duct glands
What cells are in the reproductive system?
endocrine
