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submocosal esophageal gland

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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 ]

Term info

Label

submocosal esophageal gland

Synonyms
  • esophageal gland
  • glandulae oesophageae
  • mucous gland of submucosa of esophagus
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depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Illu_esophageal_layers.jpg

id

UBERON:0008989