| olfactory glands | 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) |
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| tarsal 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) |
| Terson's glands | Clusters of mucous cells in the conjunctival epithelium, most numerous on the bulbar conjunctiva. Synonym: glandulae conjunctivales, Terson's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Theile's glands | 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) |
| thoracic glands | <entomology> Insect structures that originate from the ectoderm of the ventrocaudal part of the head and serve as a source of ecdysone. Synonym: peritracheal glands, prothoracic glands, thoracic glands, ventral glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ebner's glands | Serous gland's of the tongue opening in the bottom of the trough surrounding the circumvallate papillae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eglis' glands | Small, inconstant mucous gland's of the ureter and renal pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tracheal glands | Numerous tubuloalveolar mixed glands located principally in the submucosa of the trachea; they open into the tracheal lumen through short ducts. Synonym: glandulae tracheales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trachoma glands | Lymph nodes in the palpebral conjunctiva. Synonym: trachoma glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endocrine glands | Ductless glands that secrete substances which are released directly into the circulation and which influence metabolism and other body functions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tubular glands of the skin | The blind extremity of which is coiled in the form of a ball or glomerulus; collective term for small eccrine and large apocrine sweat glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tyson's glands | 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) |
| Zeis' glands | Sebaceous gland's opening into the follicles of the eyelashes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Knoll's glands | Gland's in the ventricular folds of the larynx (false vocal cords). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Krause's glands | See: accessory lacrimal glands. Gland's in the mucous membrane of the tympanic cavity. See: accessory lacrimal glands. (05 Mar 2000) |