List of glands of the human body

This page contains a list of glands of the human body

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List of exocrine glands

Name(s)	Location	Product	Structure
Apocrine sweat glands	skin		coiled tubular
Bauhin's glands, anterior lingual glands	tongue, near tip	nonserous or mixed
Brunner's glands,	duodenum	mucous	compound tubular
Bronchopulmonary glands	lungs	mucous
Bulbourethral glands, Cowper's glands, Mery's glands	penis, base	Pre-ejaculate
Ciaccio's glands, accessory lacrimal glands	eye
Cobelli's glands	esophagus, just above the cardia, in the mucosa	mucous
Ebner's glands	tongue	serous
Eccrine sweat glands	skin		coiled tubular
Esophageal glands	esophagus	mucous	racemose
Exocrine pancreasm	pancreas	serous	tubulo-acinar
Fränkel's glands	vocal cords, below the edge
Gastric chief cell, Wasmann's glands	stomach	serous
Glomus coccygeum, coccygeal gland, Luschka's gland or gangliona	coccyx, near the tip
Goblet cells	digestive tract, respiratory tract	mucous	simple unicellular
Henle's glands	eyelids, in the conjuctiva		tubular
Krause's glands	conjunctiva, middle portion	mucous
Lieberkuhn's glands	intestines, surface of mucous membrane		simple tubular
Littré's glands, Morgagni's glands	spongy portion of the urethra		racemose
Lumbar glands	abdomen, near the back
Mammary gland	breast		compound tubulo-acinar
Meibomian gland	eyelids	sebaceous
Moll's glands	eyelids
Montgomery's glands	mammary areola	sebaceous
Naboth's glands	cervix and os uteri	mucous
Olfactory glands, Bowman's glands	nose, olfactory region
Paneth cells	small intestine	serous
Gley's glands, Sandstroem's glands, parathyroid gland	in the neck
Parotid gland	mouth	serous	tubulo-alveolar
Peyer's patches (or glands)	ileum, lymphatic glands
Prostate	surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder
Pyloric glands	stomach	mucous	simple branched tubular
Sebaceous gland	skin	sebum	acinar - branched
Sublingual gland, Rivini's gland	mouth	mucus (primarily)	tubulo-alveolar
Submandibular gland	mouth	mixed (M+S)	tubulo-alveolar
Sudoriparous glands, Boerhaave's glands	skin
Sigmund's glands	epitrochlear lymph nodes of axilla
Suzanne's gland	mouth, beneath the alveolo-lingual groove^[1]	mucous
Tiedmann's glands, Bartholin's glands, vulvovaginal glands	vulva, vagina
Uterine glands	uterus
Weber's glands	tongue	mucous	tubular
Glands of Zeis	eyelids, free edges	sebaceous

List of endocrine glands

Name(s)	Location	Product	Structure	Functions
Adrenal	A PAIR OF GLANDS LOCATED ATOP EACH KIDNEY
Hypothalamus
Pineal	MID-CRANIUM BEHIND FOREHEAD
Pituitary	BASE OF THE BRAIN
Thyroid	2 PART GLAND ON THE FRONT OF THE WINDPIPE & SHAPED LIKE A BUTTERFLY
Thymus	UNDER THE BREAST BONE IN THE UPPER CHEST
Pancreas	BELOW THE STOMACH
Testes	LOCATED IN THE PELVIC AREA IN FRONT OF THE RECTUM OF THE MALE.
Ovaries	FEMALE GLANDS LOCATED IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN

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.

Specialized glands within the human integumentary system
Name	Precursor gland derived from^[2]	Anatomic location
Ceruminous gland	Apocrine	Ear canal
Mammary gland	Apocrine	Breast
Moll's gland	Apocrine	Eyelid margin
Tyson's gland	Sebaceous	Genital skin
Meibomian gland	Sebaceous	Tarsal plate
Gland of Zeis	Sebaceous	Associated with eyelashes on eyelid margin
Montgomery gland	Sebaceous	Areola
Fordyce spot	Sebaceous	Vermillion border

References

↑ Anil Ghom, Shubhange Mhaske. "Oral pathology". p. Glossary, 837.
↑ Eccrine glands have no specialized variants.

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