mucous gland
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000414
A gland in which the principal secretory cells are mucus secreting cells. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/intro/glands.htm ]
Synonyms: glandula mucosa
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- AAO:0010601
- FMA:62888
- EMAPA:37913 (MA:th)
- Wikipedia:Mucous_gland
- BTO:0001979
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In frogs and salamanders, this is the smaller of the two types of gland, the other being the granular (poison) gland. In these species the mucous gland is a cluster of cells that release secretion into a common duct[Kardong]
mucus-secreting gland, muciparous gland, mucous secreting gland, mucus gland
uberon
UBERON:0000414
Mucous gland
Term relations
- exocrine gland
- capable of some mucus secretion
- has part some mucus secreting cell
- produces some mucus