| green gland | one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae |
uropygial gland
preen gland | oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds |
silk gland
serictery
sericterium | silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders |
| Labyrinth of Minos | a vast labyrinth built in Crete by Daedalus at the command of Minos in order to contain the Minotaur |
maze
labyrinth | complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost |
inner ear
internal ear
labyrinth | a complex system of interconnecting cavities, concerned with hearing and equilibrium |
| membranous labyrinth | the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea, contained within the bony labyrinth |
bony labyrinth
osseous labyrinth | cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth |
gland
secretory organ
secretor
secreter | any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream |
| oil gland | a gland that secretes oil |
sebaceous gland
sebaceous follicle
glandulae sebaceae | a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin |
Meibomian gland
tarsal gland | a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids, bacterial infection of a Meibomian gland produces a stye |
exocrine gland
exocrine
duct gland | a gland that secretes externally through a duct |
endocrine gland
endocrine ductless gland | any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream |
thyroid gland
thyroid | located near the base of the neck |
parathyroid gland
parathyroid | any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland |
sweat gland
sudoriferous gland | any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration |
| apocrine gland | a large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion, in human beings located in hairy regions of the body |
| eccrine gland | a small sweat gland that produces only a fluid, restricted to the human skin |
adrenal gland
adrenal
suprarenal gland | either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney |
prostate gland
prostate | a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra, produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen |
lacrimal gland
lachrymal gland
tear gland | any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears |
thymus gland
thymus | a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity, atrophies with age |
labyrinthine artery
artery of the labyrinth
internal auditory artery | an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth |
central vein of suprarenal gland
vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis | a single draining vein, on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava, on the left it empties into the left renal vein |
lymph node
lymph gland
node | the source of lymph and lymphocytes |
Peyer's patch
Peter's gland | any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon |
pituitary
pituitary gland
pituitary body
hypophysis | the master gland of the endocrine system, located at the base of the brain |
anterior pituitary
anterior pituitary gland
adenohypophysis | the anterior lobe of the pituitary body, primarily glandular in nature |
posterior pituitary
posterior pituitary gland
neurohypophysis
pars nervosa | the posterior lobe of the pituitary body, primarily glandular in nature |
pineal gland
pineal body
epiphysis cerebri
epiphysis | a small endocrine gland in the brain, situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum, secretes melatonin |
Cowper's gland
bulbourethral gland | either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra, homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female |
| Bartholin's gland | either of the two posterior vestibular glands that secrete a lubricating mucus, homologous to Cowper's gland in the male |
cervical glands
cervical glands of the uterus
glandulae cervicales uteri | mucus-secreting glands in the mucosa of the uterine cervix |
gonad
sex gland | a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced |
| male reproductive gland | the reproductive organs of a man |
| digestive gland | any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract |
| salivary gland | any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion |
| parotid gland | a large salivary gland that produces % of daytime saliva, in human beings it is located in front of and below each ear |
sublingual gland
sublingual salivary gland | a small salivary gland that produces mucin (the viscous component of saliva), in human beings it is located on either side of the mouth under the tongue |
submaxillary gland
submaxillary salivary gland
submandibular gland
submandibular salivary gland
mandibular gland | a salivary gland inside the lower jaw on either side that produces most of the nocturnal saliva, discharges saliva into the mouth under the tongue |
mammary gland
mamma | milk-secreting organ of female mammals |
| nabothian gland | one of many small glands of the uterine cervix that secrete mucus |
| vestibular gland | a gland that opens into the vestibule of the vagina, secretions lubricate the vagina during coitus |
nectary
honey gland | a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar |
glandular disease
gland disease
glandular disorder
adenosis | a disorder of the glands of the body |