A tubuloacinar seromucous gland that is located principally in the submucosa of the trachea. Excretory ducts from this gland pass through the lamina propria to the tracheal lumen. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15973734 http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/tracheal+glands https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1197 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/Anna https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A1451113412 ]
Synonyms: tracheal gland glandula trachealis
Term information
- EMAPA:36574
- MA:0002937
- FMA:7473
- SCTID:197423006
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These glands secrete mucus, lysozyme, defensins, and other agents that help protect the lungs from particles and infectious agents.
Term relations
- submucosal gland and part of some submucosa of trachea and has part some seromucus secreting cell