| glandulae intestinales | 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) |
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| glandulae lacrimales accessoriae | Small, compound, branched, tubular glands located in the middle part of the lid (Wolfring's glands, 1872, or Ciaccio's glands, 1874) and along the superior and inferior fornices of the conjunctival sac (Krause's glands, 1854). These accessory glands are just scattered scraps of lacrimal gland tissue; all of them produce the same kind of tears and debouch on to the conjunctival surface. Henle's and Baumgarten's "glands" are in fact not glands at all, but mere epithelial invaginations. Synonym: glandulae lacrimales accessoriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae laryngeae | A large number of mixed glands in the mucous membrane of the larynx; they are called, according to their situation, anterior, middle, and posterior. Synonym: glandulae laryngeae, laryngeal glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae molares | Four or five large buccal glands in the neighborhood of the last molar tooth. Synonym: glandulae molares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae mucosae biliosae | Small, mucous, tubuloalveolar glands in the mucosa of the larger bile ducts and especially in the neck of the gallbladder. Synonym: glandulae mucosae biliosae, Luschka's cystic glands, Theile's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae nasales | Seromucous glands in the respiratory region of the nasal mucous membrane. Synonym: glandulae nasales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae oesophageae | A variable number of small compound mucous glands in the submucosa of the oesophagus. Synonym: glandulae oesophageae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae olfactoriae | Branched tubuloalveolar serous secreting glands (of Bowman) in the mucous membrane of the olfactory region of the nasal cavity. Synonym: glandulae olfactoriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae oris | Glands that empty into the oral cavity. Synonym: glandulae oris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae palatinae | A number of racemose mucous glands in the posterior half of the submucous tissue covering the hard palate. Synonym: glandulae palatinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae pharyngeae | Racemose mucous glands beneath the mucous membrane of the pharynx. Synonym: glandulae pharyngeae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae preputiales | 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) |
| glandulae propriae | An alternate term for gastric glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae pyloricae | The coiled, tubular glands of the pylorus whose cells secrete mucus. Synonym: glandulae pyloricae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae sebaceae | 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) |