The difference between endocrine glands and exocrine glands are:
Endocrine glands
- Endocrine glands are ductless glands.
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- They pour their secretions directly into the blood.
- They secrete hormones.
- The hypo or hyper secretion of hormones causes metabolic disorders.
Exocrine glands
- They may or may not have ducts.
- They are secreted by cells may act at site of their formation or pass through ducts to act in some cavity in the body.
- They secrete enzymes.
- The hypo or hyper secretion of enzyme does not cause metabolic disorders.