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this involves the two chief kinds of glands ---endocrine glands and exocrine glands,endocrine glands release secretions into the blood where it doesn't need to pass to a tubelike or ducts,"in my own words internal delivery of wastes''.while exocrine glands discharge secretions into small ducts or tubes.the ducts lead to the outer layer of the skin and eyes or the interior surfaces of such organs as the stomach and small intestine.
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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.
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.
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 is the major difference between exocrine and 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.
Who many endocrine gland in the human?
Endocrine glands are glands of the endocrine system that secrete their products, hormones, directly into the blood rather than through a duct. The major glands of the endocrine system include the pineal gland, pituitary gland, pancreas, ovaries, testes, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, hypothalamus and adrenal glands.
Is a ceruminous gland an endocrine or exocrine gland?
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.
What is the difference between sweat duct and sweat gland?
sweat glands :are small tubular structures of the skin that produce sweat. sweat duct :a small duct that conveys sweat from a sudoriferous gland to the surface of the skin.
What gland secretes one or more hormones into the bloodstream?
Endocrine glands are glands of the endocrine system that secrete their products, hormones, directly into the blood rather than through a duct.
What are 4 endocrine glands?
Endocrine glands are glands of the endocrine system that secrete their products, hormones, directly into the blood rather than through a duct. The main endocrine glands include the pituitary gland, pancreas, ovaries, testes, thyroid gland, and adrenal glands. The hypothalamus is a neuroendocrine organ. Other organs which are not so well known for their endocrine activity include the stomach, which produces such hormones as ghrelin.
How does the posterior pituitary gland differ from the rest of the endocrine glands in the body?
The posterior pituitary gland is a ductless gland. Unlike many other glands in the body, instead of the hormone passing down a duct into the blood, it passes straight into the bloodstream.
What gland secretes hormones without the use of a duct?
ALL hormones by definition are secreted directly into the blood stream (and hence without the use of a duct). Glands that produce them are called endocrine glands. Major endocrine glands include the pituitary, thyroid, adrenal and pineal glands. Glands such as the pancreas have a "dual" function in that they secrete via a duct (exocrine function) as well as secreting hormones (endocrine function).
