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:
apocrine sweat glands
Bartholin's glands, Tiedmann's glands, vulvovaginal glands
Bauhin's glands, anterior lingual glands
Brunner's glands, duodenal glands
bulbourethral glands, Cowper's glands, Mery's glands
Ciaccio's glands, accessory lacrimal glands
Cobelli's glands
esophagus, just above the cardia, in the mucosa
Duverney's gland
Ebner's glands
eccrine sweat glands
esophageal glands
exocrine pancreas
Fr�nkel's glands
vocal cords, below the edge
gastric chief cell, Wasmann's glands
glomus coccygeum, coccygeal gland, Luschka's gland or ganglion
goblet cells
digestive tract, respiratory tract
Henle's glands
eyelids, in the conjuctiva
Huguier's glands
Krause's glands
conjunctiva, middle portion
Lieberkuhn's glands
intestines, surface of mucous membrane
Littr�'s glands, Morgagni's glands
spongy portion of the urethra
mammary gland
Meibomian gland
Moll's glands
Montgomery's glands
Naboth's glands
olfactory glands, Bowman's glands
Paneth cells
parathyroid glands, Gley's glands, Sandstroem's glands
parotid gland
Peyer's patches (or glands)
pyloric glands
sebaceous gland
Skene's glands, Gu�rin's glands
sublingual gland, Rivini's gland
submandibular gland
sudoriparous glands, Boerhaave's glands
Sigmund's glands
Suzanne's gland
mouth, beneath the alveolingual groove
Weber's glands
Glands of Zeis
Prostate gland is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system. It secretes a clear and basic fluid that constitutes 1/3 of the volume of semen.