Medical Terminology / Unit 13 MedTerm 0852 short lesson, about 20 seconds
exocrin/o: Exocrine
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The idea
The combining form exocrin slash o names glands releasing their secretions through ducts to a surface.
In practice
Sweat glands are exocrine glands.
Where people slip
Endo releases inward to the blood; exo releases outward through a duct.
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