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
Term information
- FMA:62888
- BTO:0001979
- AAO:0010601
- Wikipedia:Mucous_gland
- EMAPA:37913 (MA:th)
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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]
Term relations
- exocrine gland
- capable of some mucus secretion
- has part some mucus secreting cell
- produces some mucus