exocrine
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- adjective
- /ˈɛksəˌkraɪn/
- Specialized
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exocrino
- First performed by Priestly87 in 1942, total pancreatectomy results in complete endocrine and exocrine insufficiency.
- exocrine insufficiency
- endocrine and exocrine
Examples
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Similar to the lateral pancreaticojejunostomy, 38-69% and 29-47% of patients who undergo distal pancreatectomy may experience some degree of endocrine or exocrine insufficiency.
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Morbidity and mortality: endocrine and/or exocrine insufficiency.
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Every exocrine system is the same, too.
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No TF was found in the acinar cells of the exocrine pancreas.
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DPDS typically presents as abdominal pain and exocrine dysfunction and is very resistant to medical management.
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The acinar cells in the pancreas are responsible for exocrine functions, releasing enzymes directly into the digestive tract.
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Understanding the exocrine system helps us learn how the body digests food through secretions released by glands.
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The exocrine glands secrete substances such as saliva and sweat through ducts to the surface of the skin.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A body part that makes and sends liquids through a tube to the body's surface or inside it
Surface Forms
Morphology
exocrine = crine (semi-transparent) = exo + crine
The prefix 'exo-' signals 'outside', but the combining form '-crine' is a specialized medical form unfamiliar to most B1 learners, so the full meaning is only partly obvious.
Etymology
Exocrine comes from the parts exo- 'outside' and -crine 'to send out'. So an exocrine gland is one that releases its fluids 'outside' the body or through a small tube rather than into the blood, which is why sweat glands and the pancreas have exocrine parts.