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Name any one heterocrine gland?

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Heterocrine glands are those glands which have both exocrine and endocrine part. The pancreas is called a heterocrine gland because it secretes the hormone insulin into the blood which is an endocrine function and enzymes into the digestive tract which is an exocrine function.

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