One of the racemose glands in the walls of the esophagus that in humans are small and serve principally to lubricate the food but in some birds secrete a milky fluid on which the young are fed. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esophageal_glands http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0003634 ]
Synonyms: mucous gland of submucosa of esophagus esophageal gland glandulae oesophageae
Term information
- NCIT:C32536
- FMA:9404
- Wikipedia:Esophageal_glands
- SCTID:322749003
- BTO:0003634
- UMLS:C0227178 (ncithesaurus:Esophageal_Gland)
Term relations
- submucosal gland
- gland of digestive tract
- thoracic cavity element
- located in some submucosa of esophagus
- part of some esophagus