| axillary glands | Numerous nodes around the axillary veins which receive the lymphatic drainage from the upper limb, scapular region and pectoral region (including mammary gland); they drain into the subclavian trunk. Synonym: nodi lymphatici axillares, axillary glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| axillary sweat glands | Sudoriferous glands that develop in association with hair follicles and undergo enlargement and secretory development at puberty; they secrete a viscous and odourless sweat that supports the growth of bacteria leading to an acrid odour; secretion is by an eccrine, not apocrine, mechanism. Synonym: axillary sweat glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bartholin's glands | Paired glands situated on each side of the vaginal orifice. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Baumgarten'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) |
| Boerhaave's glands | The coil glands of the skin that secrete the sweat. Synonym: glandulae sudoriferae, Boerhaave's glands, perspiratory glands, sudoriferous glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bronchial glands | Mucous and seromucous glands whose secretory units lie outside the muscle of the bronchi. See: bronchopulmonary lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brunner's glands | Tubuloalveolar glands in the submucous layer of the duodenum which opens into the crypts of lieberkuhn. They secrete urogastrone (see epidermal growth factor-urogastrone). They are also called glandulae duodenales or duodenal glands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| buccal glands | Numerous racemose, mucous, or serous glands in the submucous tissue of the cheeks. Synonym: glandulae buccales, genal glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulbourethral glands | Two glands in the substance of the sphincter of the urethra, just posterior to its membranous part and located near its origin. They are homologues of bartholin's glands in the female. They supply mucus to the urethra during sexual intercourse to assist in the lubrication of coitus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiac glands of oesophagus | Gland's located in the lamina propria of the uppermost and lowermost levels of the oesophagus; they resemble cardiac gland's of the stomach in that they are branched tubules of mucous cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pacchionian glands | Synonym: arachnoid granulations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Galeati's glands | The tubular glands in the mucous membrane of the small and large intestines. Synonym: glandulae intestinales, Galeati's glands, intestinal follicles, Lieberkuhn's crypts, Lieberkuhn's follicles, Lieberkuhn's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatine glands | A number of racemose mucous glands in the posterior half of the submucous tissue covering the hard palate. Synonym: glandulae palatinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| major salivary glands | A category of salivary gland's that includes the three largest gland's of the oral cavity that also secrete most of the saliva: the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual gland's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palpebral glands | Sebaceous glands embedded in the tarsal plate of each eyelid, discharging at the edge of the lid near the posterior border. Their secretions create a lipid barrier along the margin of the eyelids which contains the normal secretions in the conjunctival sac by preventing the watery fluid from spilling over the barrier when the eye is open. Synonym: glandulae tarsales, meibomian glands, palpebral glands. (05 Mar 2000) |