Endocrine glands secrete directly into the blood. Exocrine glands secrete through ducts onto an organ surface.
The main difference between exocrine and endocrine glands is that endocrine glands secrete hormones into the bloodstream and have no ducts while exocrine glands secrete chemical substances into ducts.
both are glands
Exocrine glands release their secretions through ducts. Examples of exocrine glands include sweat glands, salivary glands, and sebaceous glands.
No. These are exocrine glands.
The generic term for glands that empty into a duct or onto a body surface are called exocrine glands. Glands the release their secretions directly into the blood stream are called endocrine glands.
I think the student wanted to ask about the difference between an exocrine and endocrine gland but mistakened and wrote both the same. Exocrine gland differ from Endocrine gland because in case of exocrine glands ezymes are secreted by ducts carrying them to their site of actions but in case of endocrine hormones are secreted in body without ducts and are cariied by circulatory fluid of the organism.
either endocrine or exocrine According to my medical terminology book the correct answer would be exocrine. Endocrines DO NOT have ducts.
Most glands do not have ducts. The ones that do are called exocrine glands; mainly these just are sweat glands, oils glands, digestive glands, and sexaul reproducitive glands.
Exocrine glands are any glands that deposit their secretions through a duct onto a body surface. Because sweat is deposited onto the surface of our skin it would be considered an exocrine gland. Endocrine glands secrete directly into our bloodstream.
Sweat!
Exocrine and endocrine glands
No, sebaceous glands have ducts. They are exocrine glands.