| cutaneous glands | Any of the glands of the skin. Synonym: glandulae cutis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| preputial glands | Sebaceous glands of the corona glandis and inner surface of the prepuce, which produce an odiferous substance called smegma. Synonym: glandulae preputiales, Tyson's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Havers' glands | <anatomy> Collections of adipose tissue in the hip, knee, and other joints, covered by synovial membrane, thought by Havers to be gland's secreting the synovia. Synonym: synovial glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's glands | Accessory lacrimal gland's located near the fornices in the medial part of the palpebral conjunctiva; they open on the conjunctiva surface. Synonym: Baumgarten's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scent glands | Exocrine glands in animals which secrete scents which either repel or attract other animals, e.g. Perianal glands of skunks, anal glands of weasels, musk glands of foxes, ventral glands of wood rats, and dorsal glands of peccaries. (12 Dec 1998) |
| prothoracic glands | <entomology> Insect structures that originate from the ectoderm of the ventrocaudal part of the head and serve as a source of ecdysone. Synonym: peritracheal glands, prothoracic glands, thoracic glands, ventral glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sebaceous glands | Numerous holocrine glands in the dermis that usually open into the hair follicles and secrete an oily semifluid sebum. Synonym: glandulae sebaceae, oil glands, sebaceous follicles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyloric glands | The coiled, tubular glands of the pylorus whose cells secrete mucus. Synonym: glandulae pyloricae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Serres' glands | Epithelial cell rests found in the subepithelial connective tissue in the palate of the newborn, similar to those found in the gingivae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Skene's glands | Numerous mucous glands in the wall of the female urethra. Synonym: glandulae urethrales femininae, Guerin's glands, paraurethral glands, Skene's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solitary glands | Minute collections of lymphoid tissue in the mucosa of the small and large intestines, being especially numerous in the caecum and appendix. Synonym: folliculi lymphatici solitarii, solitary follicles, solitary glands, solitary nodules of intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nasal glands | Seromucous glands in the respiratory region of the nasal mucous membrane. Synonym: glandulae nasales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sudoriferous glands | The coil glands of the skin that secrete the sweat. Synonym: glandulae sudoriferae, Boerhaave's glands, perspiratory glands, sudoriferous glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweat glands | The coil glands of the skin that secrete the sweat. Synonym: glandulae sudoriferae, Boerhaave's glands, perspiratory glands, sudoriferous glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial glands | <anatomy> Collections of adipose tissue in the hip, knee, and other joints, covered by synovial membrane, thought by Havers to be gland's secreting the synovia. Synonym: synovial glands. (05 Mar 2000) |