Types of motor organs: 



    
organ            type(s)        examples
    

    

  • glands
    

  •              endocrine
    
                                neuroendocrine cells
    
                                pituitary
    
                                hypothalamic neurosecretory cells
    
                                endocrine organs
    

  •              exocrine
    

  •                       internal
    
                                goblet (mucus) cells
    
                                digestive (salivary etc.) glands
    

  •                       external
    
                                sweat, sebaceous glands
    
                                pheromone secreting cells
    

  • muscles

  •              smooth
    
                                involuntary visceral
    

  •              striated
    

  •                       cardiac
    
                                heart
    

  •                       skeletal
    
                                trunk, limbs
    

  • cilia
                                lining of various organs

Last updated Aug 29, 1998, 1:10 p.m.