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What (who) is exocrine - definition

GLAND THAT PRODUCES AND SECRETES SUBSTANCES ONTO AN EPITHELIAL SURFACE BY A DUCT

Exocrine; Exocrine glands; Exocrine system; Exocrine Gland; Seromucous gland; Secretory gland; Exocrine secretion; Glandula exocrina; Exocrinopathy

exocrine

['?ks?(?)kr??n, -kr?n]

¦ adjective Physiology relating to or denoting glands which secrete their products through ducts opening on to an epithelial surface.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from exo- + Gk krinein 'sift'.

Exocrine gland

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocrine_gland

Exocrine pancreas cell

An exocrine pancreas cell is a pancreatic cell that produces enzymes that are secreted into the small intestine. These enzymes help digest food by releasing enzymes as it passes through the gastrointestinal tract.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocrine_pancreas_cell

Wikipedia

Exocrine gland

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. Exocrine glands are one of two types of glands in the human body, the other being endocrine glands, which secrete their products directly into the bloodstream. The liver and pancreas are both exocrine and endocrine glands; they are exocrine glands because they secrete products—bile and pancreatic juice—into the gastrointestinal tract through a series of ducts, and endocrine because they secrete other substances directly into the bloodstream. Exocrine sweat glands are part of the integumentary system; they have eccrine and apocrine types.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocrine gland

Examples of use of exocrine

1. That finally enabled the researchers to identify the three crucial genes needed take control of the rest of the cell‘s genes to convert an exocrine cell into a beta cell.

2. After narrowing the candidate genes to nine, the researchers genetically engineered viruses known as adenoviruses to ferry the genes into other pancreatic cells, known as exocrine cells, which normally secrete enzymes to help digest food.