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sebaceous gland

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001821

A holocrine gland that secretes sebum into the hair follicles, or in hairless areas into ducts.[MP]. [ MP:0000647 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebaceous_gland ]

Term info

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Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

Any of the numerous holocrine glands in the dermis that empty into a hair follicle and produce and secrete sebum. [TFD][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000003

Sebaceous glands are also limited to mammals.[well established][VHOG]

curator note

sebaceous glands are also found in glabrous areas of eyelids, nose, penis, labia minora and nipples, and do not always secrete into hair follices. This causes some confusion in classification. In addition some structures, such as preputial glands are sometimes called 'modified' sebaceous glands, implying a non-subclass relationship. we follow MP and MA in keeping this class generic and creating a distinct subclass for sebaceuous glands of the skin. The FMA class may be better placed under this subclass.

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/HairFollicle.png

has related synonym

sebaceous follicle, glandula sebaceae, glandula sebacea

id

UBERON:0001821

prefLabel

Sebaceous gland

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606