loading...| Preferred Name |
mucous gland |
| Synonyms |
mucus-secreting gland mucus gland mucous secreting gland muciparous gland glandula mucosa |
| Definitions |
A gland in which the principal secretory cells are mucus secreting cells. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000414 |
| database_cross_reference |
AAO:0010601 BTO:0001979 FMA:62888 |
| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Gray1021.png |
| has exact synonym |
glandula mucosa |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
mucus-secreting gland mucus gland mucous secreting gland muciparous gland |
| id |
UBERON:0000414 |
| imported from | |
| in_subset |
http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#organ_slim |
| label |
mucous gland |
| notation |
UBERON:0000414 |
| prefLabel |
mucous gland |
| produces | |
| taxon_notes |
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] |
| textual definition |
A gland in which the principal secretory cells are mucus secreting cells. |
| subClassOf |