| parathyroid glands | Two small paired endocrine glands in the region of the thyroid gland. They secrete parathyroid hormone and are concerned with the metabolism of calcium and phosphorus. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| paraurethral 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) |
| vestibular glands | See: greater vestibular gland, lesser vestibular glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glands of auditory tube | Glands located principally near the pharyngeal end of the auditory tube. Synonym: glandulae tubariae, glands of auditory tube, glands of eustachian tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glands of biliary mucosa | 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) |
| glands of eustachian tube | Glands located principally near the pharyngeal end of the auditory tube. Synonym: glandulae tubariae, glands of auditory tube, glands of eustachian tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glands of internal secretion | Ductless glands that secrete substances which are released directly into the circulation and which influence metabolism and other body functions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| glands of mouth | Glands that empty into the oral cavity. Synonym: glandulae oris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glands of the female urethra | 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) |
| glands of the male urethra | Numerous mucous glands in the wall of the penile urethra. Synonym: glandulae urethrales masculinae, Littre's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glomiform glands | 1. A small globular body. 2. A highly organised arteriolovenular anastomosis forming a tiny nodular focus in the nailbed, pads of the fingers and toes, ears, hands, and feet and many other organs of the body. The afferent arteriole enters the connective tissue capsule of the glomus, becomes devoid of an internal elastic membrane, and develops a relatively thick epithelioid muscular wall and small lumen; the anastomosis may be branched and convoluted, richly innervated with sympathetic and myelinated nerves, and connected with a short, thin-walled vein that drains into a periglomic vein and then into one of the veins of the skin. The glomus functions as a shunt-or bypass-regulating mechanism in the flow of blood, temperature, and conservation of heat in the part as well as in the indirect control of the blood pressure and other functions of the circulatory system. Synonym: glandulae glomiformes, glomiform glands, glomus body. Synonym: glome. Origin: L. Glomus, a ball (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoral 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) |
| meibomian glands | Sebaceous glands between the tarsi and the conjunctiva of the eyelids. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ceruminous glands | Apocrine sudoriferous glands in the external acoustic meatus. Synonym: glandulae ceruminosae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cervical glands | See: anterior cervical lymph nodes, lateral deep cervical lymph nodes, lateral superficial cervical lymph nodes. Branched mucus-secreting glands in the mucosa of the cervix. Synonym: glandulae cervicales uteri, cervical glands of uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |