List of Exocrine Glands
| Name(s) | Location | Product | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apocrine sweat glands | skin | coiled tubular | |
| Bartholin's glands, Tiedmann's glands, vulvovaginal glands | vulva, vagina | ||
| Bauhin's glands, anterior lingual glands | tongue, near tip | nonserous or mixed | |
| Brunner's glands, duodenal glands | duodenum | mucous | compound tubular |
| Bulbourethral glands, Cowper's glands, Mery's glands | penis, base | Pre-ejaculate | |
| Ciaccio's glands, accessory lacrimal glands | eye | ||
| Cobelli's glands | esophagus, just above the cardia, in the mucosa | mucous | |
| Duverney's gland | vagina, on either side | ||
| Ebner's glands | tongue | serous | |
| Eccrine sweat glands | skin | coiled tubular | |
| Esophageal glands | esophagus | mucous | racemose |
| Exocrine pancreas | pancreas | serous | tubulo-acinar |
| Fränkel's glands | vocal cords, below the edge | ||
| Gastric chief cell, Wasmann's glands | stomach | serous | |
| Glomus coccygeum, coccygeal gland, Luschka's gland or gangliona | coccyx, near the tip | ||
| Goblet cells | digestive tract, respiratory tract | mucous | simple unicellular |
| Henle's glands | eyelids, in the conjuctiva | tubular | |
| Huguier's glands | vagina | ||
| Krause's glands | conjunctiva, middle portion | mucous | |
| Lieberkuhn's glands | intestines, surface of mucous membrane | simple tubular | |
| Littré's glands, Morgagni's glands | spongy portion of the urethra | racemose | |
| Mammary gland | breast | compound tubulo-acinar | |
| Meibomian gland | eyelids | sebaceous | |
| Moll's glands | eyelids | ||
| Montgomery's glands | mammary areola | sebaceous | |
| Naboth's glands | cervix and os uteri | mucous | |
| Olfactory glands, Bowman's glands | nose, olfactory region | ||
| Paneth cells | small intestine | serous | |
| Gley's glands, Sandstroem's glands | |||
| parotid gland | mouth | serous | tubulo-alveolar |
| Peyer's patches (or glands) | ileum, lymphatic glands | ||
| Prostate | surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder | ||
| Pyloric glands | stomach | mucous | simple branched tubular |
| Sebaceous gland | skin | sebum | acinar - branched |
| Skene's glands, Guérin's glands | vagina | ||
| Sublingual gland, Rivini's gland | mouth | mucus (primarily) | tubulo-alveolar |
| Submandibular gland | mouth | mixed (M+S) | tubulo-alveolar |
| Sudoriparous glands, Boerhaave's glands | skin | ||
| Sigmund's glands | epitrochlear lymph nodes | ||
| Suzanne's gland | mouth, beneath the alveolingual groove | mucous | |
| Weber's glands | tongue | mucous | tubular |
| Glands of Zeis | eyelids, free edges | sebaceous |
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