| 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) |
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| 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) |
| urethral glands | See: glands of the female urethra, glands of the male urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uterine glands | Numerous simple tubular glands in the uterine mucosa that secrete a glycogen-rich mucous fluid during the luted phase of the menstrual cycle. Synonym: glandulae uterinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labial glands | Mucous glands in the submucous tissue of the lips. Synonym: glandulae labiales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laryngeal glands | 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) |
| fundus glands | Branched tubular glands lying in the mucosa of the fundus and body of the stomach; such glands contain parietal cells that secrete hydrochloric acid, zymogen cells that produce pepsin, and mucous cells. Synonym: glandulae gastricae, glandulae propriae, fundus glands, gastric follicles, Wasmann's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lesser vestibular glands | A number of minute mucous glands opening on the surface of the vestibule between the orifices of the vagina and urethra. Synonym: glandulae vestibulares minores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lieberkuhn's glands | <anatomy> The simple tubular glands of the small intestines. Synonym: crypts of Lieberkuhn. See: Lieberkuhn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |