Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073403717
ISBN 13: 978-0-07340-371-7

Chapter 6 - Section 6.3 - Cutaneous Glands - Before You Go On - Page 193: 13

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Its most glands of the body are exocrine types with ducts connecting to anatomical surfaces. Contrast your salivary glands that open into the oral cavity with sweat glands that deposit their product on the body surface. Both types of glands are buried in deeper tissues but their products appear on a superficial surface. Connecting the glands to the surfaces are ducts!

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