Exocrine System

Exocrine System
Exocrine glands are glands that secrete their products (enzymes) into ducts (duct glands). They are the counterparts to endocrine glands, which secrete their products (hormones)directly into the bloodstream (ductless glands).

Names and location of exocrine glands

The names of the anatomists who first described them are often employed as names of the glands:

apocrinesweat glands

skin
Bartholin's glands, Tiedmann's glands, vulvovaginal glands

vulva, vagina
Bauhin's glands, anterior lingual glands

tongue, near tip
Brunner's glands, duodenal glandsduodenum
bulbourethral glands, Cowper's glands, Mery's glands

penis, base
Ciaccio's glands, accessory lacrimal glands

eye
Cobelli's glands

esophagus, just above the cardia, in the mucosaDuverney's gland

vagina, on either side
Ebner's glands

tongue
eccrine sweat glands

skin
esophageal glands

esophagus
exocrine pancreas

pancreas
Fränkel's glands

vocal cords, below theedge
gastric chief cell, Wasmann's glands

stomach
glomus coccygeum, coccygeal gland, Luschka's gland or ganglion

coccyx, near the tip
goblet cells

digestive tract, respiratory tractHenle's glands

eyelids, in the conjuctiva
Huguier's glands

vagina
Krause's glands

conjunctiva, middle portion
Lieberkuhn's glands

intestines, surface of mucous membrane
Littré's glands,Morgagni's glands

spongy portion of the urethra
mammary gland

breast
Meibomian gland

eyelids
Moll's glands

eyelids
Montgomery's glands

mammary areola
Naboth's glands

cervix andos uteri
olfactory glands, Bowman's glands

nose, olfactory region
Paneth cells

small intestine
parathyroid glands, Gley's glands, Sandstroem's glands

thyroid, on surface
parotid glandmouth
Peyer's patches (or glands)

ileum, lymphatic glands
pyloric glands

stomach
sebaceous gland

skin
Skene's glands, Guérin's glands

vagina
sublingual gland, Rivini's gland

mouth...