List of glands of the human body
This page contains a list of glands of the human body
Name(s) |
Location |
Product |
Structure |
Apocrine sweat glands |
skin |
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coiled tubular |
Bauhin's glands, anterior lingual glands |
tongue, near tip |
nonserous or mixed |
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Brunner's glands, |
duodenum |
mucous |
compound tubular |
Bronchopulmonary glands |
lungs |
mucous |
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Bulbourethral glands, Cowper's glands, Mery's glands |
penis, base |
Pre-ejaculate |
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Ciaccio's glands, accessory lacrimal glands |
eye |
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Cobelli's glands |
esophagus, just above the cardia, in the mucosa |
mucous |
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Ebner's glands |
tongue |
serous |
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Eccrine sweat glands |
skin |
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coiled tubular |
Esophageal glands |
esophagus |
mucous |
racemose |
Exocrine pancreasm |
pancreas |
serous |
tubulo-acinar |
Fränkel's glands |
vocal cords, below the edge |
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Gastric chief cell, Wasmann's glands |
stomach |
serous |
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Glomus coccygeum, coccygeal gland, Luschka's gland or gangliona |
coccyx, near the tip |
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Goblet cells |
digestive tract, respiratory tract |
mucous |
simple unicellular |
Henle's glands |
eyelids, in the conjuctiva |
|
tubular |
Krause's glands |
conjunctiva, middle portion |
mucous |
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Lieberkuhn's glands |
intestines, surface of mucous membrane |
|
simple tubular |
Littré's glands, Morgagni's glands |
spongy portion of the urethra |
|
racemose |
Lumbar glands |
abdomen, near the back |
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Mammary gland |
breast |
|
compound tubulo-acinar |
Meibomian gland |
eyelids |
sebaceous |
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Moll's glands |
eyelids |
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Montgomery's glands |
mammary areola |
sebaceous |
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Naboth's glands |
cervix and os uteri |
mucous |
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Olfactory glands, Bowman's glands |
nose, olfactory region |
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Paneth cells |
small intestine |
serous |
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Gley's glands, Sandstroem's glands, parathyroid gland |
in the neck |
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Parotid gland |
mouth |
serous |
tubulo-alveolar |
Peyer's patches (or glands) |
ileum, lymphatic glands |
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Prostate |
surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder |
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Pyloric glands |
stomach |
mucous |
simple branched tubular |
Sebaceous gland |
skin |
sebum |
acinar - branched |
Sublingual gland, Rivini's gland |
mouth |
mucus (primarily) |
tubulo-alveolar |
Submandibular gland |
mouth |
mixed (M+S) |
tubulo-alveolar |
Sudoriparous glands, Boerhaave's glands |
skin |
|
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Sigmund's glands |
epitrochlear lymph nodes of axilla |
|
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Suzanne's gland |
mouth, beneath the alveolo-lingual groove[1] |
mucous |
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Tiedmann's glands, Bartholin's glands, vulvovaginal glands |
vulva, vagina |
|
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Uterine glands |
uterus |
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Weber's glands |
tongue |
mucous |
tubular |
Glands of Zeis |
eyelids, free edges |
sebaceous |
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Name(s) |
Location |
Product |
Structure |
Functions |
Adrenal |
A PAIR OF GLANDS LOCATED ATOP EACH KIDNEY |
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Hypothalamus |
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Pineal |
MID-CRANIUM BEHIND FOREHEAD |
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Pituitary |
BASE OF THE BRAIN |
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Thyroid |
2 PART GLAND ON THE FRONT OF THE WINDPIPE & SHAPED LIKE A BUTTERFLY |
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Thymus |
UNDER THE BREAST BONE IN THE UPPER CHEST |
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Pancreas |
BELOW THE STOMACH |
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Testes |
LOCATED IN THE PELVIC AREA IN FRONT OF THE RECTUM OF THE MALE. |
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Ovaries |
FEMALE GLANDS LOCATED IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN |
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Skin
There are several specialized glands within the human integumentary system that are derived from apocrine or sebaceous gland precursors. There are no specialized variants of eccrine glands.
References
- ↑ Anil Ghom, Shubhange Mhaske. "Oral pathology". p. Glossary, 837.
- ↑ Eccrine glands have no specialized variants.