| merocrine gland | A gland that releases only an acellular secretory product, in contrast to a holocrine gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Mery's 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) |
| chief cell of parathyroid gland | A round clear cell with a centrally located nucleus; secretes parathyroid hormone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| greater vestibular gland | One of two mucoid-secreting tubuloalveolar glands on either side of the lower part of the vagina, the equivalent of the bulbourethral glands in the male; ensheathed with vestibular bulbs by ischiocavernosus muscles. Thus erection and muscle contraction cause secretion into vestibule of vagina. Synonym: glandula vestibularis major, Bartholin's gland, Duverney's gland, Tiedemann's gland, vulvovaginal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rivinus' gland | The smallest of the three major salivary glands. It is located. It lies under the floor of the mouth close to the midline. (12 Dec 1998) |
| metrial gland | Collection of granular epithelial cells in the uterine muscle beneath the placenta that develop during pregnancy in certain species of animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Rosenmuller's gland | One of the deep inguinal lymph node's located in or adjacent to the femoral canal; sometimes mistaken for a femoral hernia when enlarged. Synonym: Rosenmuller's gland, Rosenmuller's node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milk 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) |
| mixed gland | A gland that contains both serous and mucous secretory units, a gland that is both exocrine and endocrine, e.g., the pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coccygeal gland | An arteriovenous (arteriolovenular) anastomosis supplied by the middle sacral artery and located on the pelvic surface of the coccyx. It was formerly called a gland (of Luschka) or a glomus and included with the paraganglia. Synonym: corpus coccygeum, arteriococcygeal gland, coccygeal gland, glomus coccygeum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coil gland | A gland whose secretory part is convoluted. Synonym: convoluted gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pileous gland | A sebaceous gland emptying into the hair follicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pineal gland | A small, flat gland found within the brain which produces the hormones melatonin and serotonin. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pineal gland calcification | <radiology> Visible on plain skull film (33-76% in adults), seen more frequently on CT, rare in kids less than 6 y.o. (presence suggests neoplasm), usually in the form of a cluster of amorphous, irregular densities, may be solitary, the size of calcification: usually 3-5 mm, if greater than 1 cm, suspect pinealoma, AV malformation, etc. See: physiological intracranial calcifications (12 Dec 1998) |
| pituitary gland | A small oval shaped endocrine gland situated at the base of the brain in the fossa (depression) of the sphenoid bone. The overall role is to regulate growth and metabolism. The gland is divided into the posterior and anterior pituitary, each responsible for the production of its own unique hormones. (27 Sep 1997) |