List of glands of the human body
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This article contains a list of glands of the human body
List of endocrine and exocrine glands
| # | 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 glands | ear | cerumen | |
| 7 | Accessory lacrimal glands, Ciaccio's glands | eye | tears | |
| 8 | Ebner's glands | tongue | serous | |
| 9 | Eccrine sweat glands | skin | coiled tubular | |
| 10 | Esophageal glands | esophagus | mucous | racemose |
| 11 | Exocrine pancreas | pancreas | serous | tubulo-acinar |
| 12 | Gastric chief cell, | stomach | serous | |
| 13 | Glomus coccygeum, coccygeal gland, Luschka's gland or gangliona | coccyx, near the tip | ||
| 14 | Goblet cells | digestive tract, respiratory tract | mucous | simple unicellular |
| 15 | Henle's glands | eyelids, in the conjunctiva | tubular | |
| 16 | Krause's glands | conjunctiva, middle portion | mucous | |
| 17 | Lieberkuhn's glands | intestines, surface of mucous membrane | digestive enzymes | simple tubular |
| 18 | Littré's glands, Morgagni's glands | spongy portion of the urethra | mucous | racemose |
| 19 | Lumbar glands | abdomen, near the back | ||
| 20 | Mammary gland | breast | milk | compound tubulo-acinar |
| 21 | Meibomian gland | eyelids | sebaceous | |
| 22 | Moll's glands | eyelids | sebum | |
| 23 | Montgomery's glands | mammary areola | sebaceous | |
| 24 | Naboth's glands | cervix and os uteri | mucous | |
| 25 | Olfactory glands, Bowman's glands | nose, olfactory region | mucous | |
| 26 | Paneth cells | small intestine | serous | |
| 27 | Gley's glands, Sandstroem's glands, parathyroid gland | in the neck | parathyroid hormone | |
| 28 | Parietal cell | stomach | hydrochloric acid, intrinsic factor | dynamic canaliculi |
| 29 | Parotid gland | mouth | saliva | tubulo-alveolar |
| 30 | Peyer's patches (or glands) | ileum, lymphatic glands | ||
| Pineal gland | brain | melatonin | ||
| 31 | Prostate | surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder | tubulo-alveolar | |
| 32 | Pyloric glands | antrum of the pylorus, stomach | mucous, gastrin | simple branched tubular |
| 33 | Sebaceous gland | skin | sebum | acinar - branched |
| 34 | Skene's gland, lesser vestibular gland, paraurethral gland | vestibule of the vulva, around the lower end of the urethra | serous | tubulo-alveolar |
| 35 | Sublingual gland, Rivini's gland | mouth | mucus (primarily) | tubulo-alveolar |
| 36 | Submandibular gland | mouth | mixed (M+S) | tubulo-alveolar |
| 37 | Sudoriparous glands, Boerhaave's glands | skin | ||
| 38 | Sigmund's glands | epitrochlear lymph nodes of axilla | ||
| 39 | Suzanne's gland | mouth, beneath the alveolo-lingual groove[1] | mucous | |
| 40 | Tiedmann's glands, Bartholin's glands, vulvovaginal glands | vulva, vagina | ||
| 41 | Tubarial glands | posterior nasopharynx, over the torus tubarius[2] | saliva | |
| 42 | Uterine glands | uterus | histotroph (uterine milk) | tubular |
| 43 | Weber's glands | tongue | mucous | tubular |
| 44 | 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.
| # | Name | Precursor gland derived from[3] | Anatomic location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ceruminous gland | Apocrine | Ear canal |
| 2 | Mammary gland | Apocrine | Breast |
| 3 | Moll's gland | Apocrine | Eyelid margin |
| 4 | Tyson's gland | Sebaceous | Genital skin |
| 5 | Meibomian gland | Sebaceous | Tarsal plate |
| 6 | Gland of Zeis | Sebaceous | Associated with eyelashes on eyelid margin |
| 7 | Montgomery gland | Sebaceous | Areola |
| 8 | Fordyce spot | Sebaceous | Vermillion border |