| salivary ducts | The ducts that convey the saliva. They are the parotid duct, the major and minor sublingual ducts, and the submandibular duct. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| prostatic ducts | About 20 minute canals that receive the prostatic secretion from the glandular tubules and discharge it through openings on either side of the urethral crest in the posterior wall of the urethra. Synonym: ductuli prostatici, ductus prostatici, prostatic ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schuller's ducts | Inconstant ducts along the side of the female urethra that convey the mucoid secretion of Skene's glands to the vestibule. Synonym: ductus paraurethrales, ducts of Skene's glands, Schuller's ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ducts of Skene's glands | Inconstant ducts along the side of the female urethra that convey the mucoid secretion of Skene's glands to the vestibule. Synonym: ductus paraurethrales, ducts of Skene's glands, Schuller's ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercalated ducts | The minute duct's of glands, such as the salivary and the pancreas, that lead from the acini; they are lined by low cuboidal cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excretory ducts of lacrimal gland | The multiple (6 to 10) excretory ducts of the lacrimal gland that open into the superior fornix of the conjunctival sac. Synonym: ductuli excretorii glandulae lacrimalis, excretory ductules of lacrimal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lactiferous ducts | The ducts, numbering 15 or 20, which drain the lobes of the mammary gland; they open at the nipple. Synonym: ductus lactiferi, canalicular ducts, galactophore, galactophorous canals, galactophorous ducts, mamillary ducts, mammary ducts, milk ducts, tubuli galactophori, tubuli lactiferi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Luschka's ducts | Glandlike tubular structures in the wall of the gallbladder, especially in the part covered with peritoneum. (05 Mar 2000) |