| SMG | specialty medical group; submandibular gland |
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| SSG | sublabial salivary gland |
| VEG | von Egner gland [protein] |
| VEGP | von Ebner gland protein |
| body of mammary gland | The principal part of the breast, consisting of glandular tissue and its supporting fibrous tissue. It forms a conical mass converging toward the nipple and is surrounded by adipose tissue. Synonym: corpus mammae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| body of sweat gland | The coiled tubular secretory portion of a sweat gland located in the subcutaneous tissue or deep in the corium and connected to the surface of the skin by a long duct. Synonym: corpus glandulae sudoriferae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bowman's gland | 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) |
| brachial gland | One of the lymph nodes of the arm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulbourethral gland | One of two small compound racemose glands, that produce a mucoid secretion, lying side by side along the membranous urethra just above the bulb of the corpus spongiosum; they discharge through a small duct into the spongy portion of the urethra. Synonym: glandula bulbourethralis, Cowper's gland, Mery's gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiac gland | A coiled tubular gland located in the cardiac region of the stomach; secretes primarily mucus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| racemose gland | A gland that has the appearance of a bunch of grapes if viewed as a three-dimensional reconstruction; e.g., a compound acinous or alveolar gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal gland | One of the mucous gland's in the mucous membrane of the vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palpebral part of lacrimal gland | palpebral part of lacrimal gland |
| vascular gland | <anatomy> A lymphoid structure in which the blood sinuses are present in place of lymph sinuses; haemal node's occur in ruminants and some other mammals, but their presence in humans is questioned. Synonym: haemal gland, haemolymph gland, haemolymph node, vascular gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mammary gland | <anatomy> Milk producing gland of female mammals. An adapted sweat gland, it is made up of milk producing alveolar cells, surrounded by contractile myoepithelial cells, together with considerable numbers of fat cells. Milk production is hormonally controlled. (18 Nov 1997) |
| venous circle of mammary gland | areolar venous plexus |
| genital gland | <anatomy> One of the two male reproductive glands located in the cavity of the scrotum. The testes produce sperm and male sex hormones. (13 Nov 1997) |
| parathyroid gland | <anatomy, endocrinology> Four small endocrine glands lying close or embedded in the posterior surface of the thyroid gland. They secrete the hormone parathormone. (27 Sep 1997) |
| marrow-lymph gland | A type of haemal node, resembling the bone marrow in structure and probable function. (05 Mar 2000) |