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Exocrine Gland
(redirected from seromucous gland)

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exocrine gland (ĕk`səkrən): see gland gland, organ that manufactures chemical substances. A gland may vary from a single cell to a complex system of tubes that unite and open onto a surface through a duct. The endocrine glands, e.g.
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exocrine gland
Med any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface

exocrine gland [′ek·sə·krən ‚gland]
(physiology)
A structure whose secretion is passed directly or by ducts to its exterior surface, or to another surface which is continuous with the external surface of the gland.

Exocrine Gland 

in animals and humans, a gland that secretes the substances it forms through ducts onto the surface of the body or of mucous membranes or into a cavity. Exocrine glands include the sebaceous, salivary, sweat, mammary, lacrimal, and musk glands, as well as the liver, glands of the gastrointestinal tract, and other glands that release secretions into the alimentary canal.



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Histopathological examination of the tissues removed from outside and inside the CBs showed a high degree of mucosal hyperplasia and an increased number of seromucous glands.
Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of seromucous glands of the nasopharynx.
[5-8] Adenocarcinomas of the nasopharynx account for less than 10% of all carcinomas, originate from the submucosal seromucous glands or the adjacent sinonasal mucosa, and usually resemble salivary gland tumors.
 
 
 
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