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mucous gland

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Term info

Label

mucous gland

database cross reference
Subsets

organ_slim

definition

A gland in which the principal secretory cells are mucus secreting cells.

depicted by

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has exact synonym

glandula mucosa

has related synonym

mucus-secreting gland, muciparous gland, mucous secreting gland, mucus gland

id

UBERON:0000414

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

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]