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This article contains a list of glands of the human body
| # | Name(s) | Location | Product | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apocrine sweat glands | skin | coiled tubular | |
| 2 | Anterior lingual glands | tongue, near tip | nonserous or mixed | |
| 3 | Brunner’s glands, | duodenum | mucous | compound tubular |
| 4 | Submucosal glands, | lungs | mucous | |
| 5 | Bulbourethral glands, Cowper’s glands, | penis, base | pre-ejaculate | tubulo-alveolar |
| 6 | Ceruminous gland | ear | cerumen | |
| 7 | Ciaccio’s glands, accessory lacrimal glands | eye | tears | |
| 8 | Cobelli’s glands | esophagus, just above the cardia, in the mucosa | mucous | |
| 9 | Ebner’s glands | tongue | serous | |
| 10 | Eccrine sweat glands | skin | coiled tubular | |
| 11 | Esophageal glands | esophagus | mucous | racemose |
| 12 | Exocrine pancreas | pancreas | serous | tubulo-acinar |
| 13 | Gastric chief cell, | stomach | serous | |
| 14 | Glomus coccygeum, coccygeal gland, Luschka’s gland or gangliona | coccyx, near the tip | ||
| 15 | Goblet cells | digestive tract, respiratory tract | mucous | simple unicellular |
| 16 | Henle’s glands | eyelids, in the conjunctiva | tubular | |
| 17 | Krause’s glands | conjunctiva, middle portion | mucous | |
| 18 | Lieberkuhn’s glands | intestines, surface of mucous membrane | digestive enzymes | simple tubular |
| 19 | Littré’s glands, Morgagni’s glands | spongy portion of the urethra | mucous | racemose |
| 20 | Lumbar glands | abdomen, near the back | ||
| 21 | Mammary gland | breast | milk | compound tubulo-acinar |
| 22 | Meibomian gland | eyelids | sebaceous | |
| 23 | Moll’s glands | eyelids | sebum | |
| 24 | Montgomery’s glands | mammary areola | sebaceous | |
| 25 | Naboth’s glands | cervix and os uteri | mucous | |
| 26 | Olfactory glands, Bowman’s glands | nose, olfactory region | mucous | |
| 27 | Paneth cells | small intestine | serous | |
| 28 | Gley’s glands, Sandstroem’s glands, parathyroid gland | in the neck | parathyroid hormone | |
| 29 | Parietal cell | stomach | hydrochloric acid, intrinsic factor | dynamic canaliculi |
| 30 | Parotid gland | mouth | saliva | tubulo-alveolar |
| 31 | Peyer’s patches (or glands) | ileum, lymphatic glands | ||
| Pineal gland | brain | melatonin | ||
| 32 | Prostate | surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder | tubulo-alveolar | |
| 33 | Pyloric glands | antrum of the pylorus, stomach | mucous, gastrin | simple branched tubular |
| 34 | Sebaceous gland | skin | sebum | acinar – branched |
| 35 | Skene’s gland, lesser vestibular gland, paraurethral gland | vestibule of the vulva, around the lower end of the urethra | serous | tubulo-alveolar |
| 36 | Sublingual gland, Rivini’s gland | mouth | mucus (primarily) | tubulo-alveolar |
| 37 | Submandibular gland | mouth | mixed (M+S) | tubulo-alveolar |
| 38 | Sudoriparous glands, Boerhaave’s glands | skin | ||
| 39 | Sigmund’s glands | epitrochlear lymph nodes of axilla | ||
| 40 | Suzanne’s gland | mouth, beneath the alveolo-lingual groove[1] | mucous | |
| 41 | Tiedmann’s glands, Bartholin’s glands, vulvovaginal glands | vulva, vagina | ||
| 42 | Tubarial glands | posterior nasopharynx, over the torus tubarius[2] | saliva | |
| 43 | Uterine glands | uterus | histotroph (uterine milk) | tubular |
| 44 | Weber’s glands | tongue | mucous | tubular |
| 45 | Glands of Zeis | eyelids, free edges | sebaceous |
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.
Endocrine glands
See List of human endocrine organs and actions
References
- ^ Anil Ghom, Shubhange Mhaske. Oral pathology. p. Glossary, 837.
- ^ Valstar, Matthijs H.; de Bakker, Bernadette S.; Steenbakkers, Roel J.H.M.; de Jong, Kees H.; Smit, Laura A.; Klein Nulent, Thomas J.W.; van Es, Robert J.J.; Hofland, Ingrid; de Keizer, Bart; Jasperse, Bas; Balm, Alfons J.M.; van der Schaaf, Arjen; Langendijk, Johannes A.; Smeele, Ludi E.; Vogel, Wouter V. (September 2020). “The tubarial salivary glands: A potential new organ at risk for radiotherapy”. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 154: 292–298. doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2020.09.034. PMID 32976871.
- ^ Eccrine glands have no specialized variants.
- Michael H. Ross & Wojciech Pawlina, Histology: A Text and Atlas
