List of glands of the

human body

This article contains a list of glands of the human body

List of endocrine and
exocrine glands
# Name(s) Location Product Structure

1 Apocrine sweat glands skin coiled tubular

Bauhin's glands, anterior lingual nonserous or

2 tongue, near tip
glands mixed

compound
3 Brunner's glands, duodenum mucous
tubular

4 Bronchopulmonary glands lungs mucous

Bulbourethral glands, Cowper's tubulo-

5 penis, base Pre-ejaculate
glands, Mery's glands alveolar

6 Ceruminous gland ear Cerumen

Ciaccio's glands, accessory

7 eye tears
lacrimal glands

esophagus, just above

8 Cobelli's glands the cardia, in the mucous
mucosa

9 Ebner's glands tongue serous

10 Eccrine sweat glands skin coiled tubular

11 Esophageal glands esophagus mucous racemose

12 Exocrine pancreas pancreas serous tubulo-acinar

Gastric chief cell, Wasmann's

13 stomach serous
glands

Glomus coccygeum, coccygeal

14 gland, Luschka's gland or coccyx, near the tip
gangliona
 digestive tract, simple
15 Goblet cells mucous
respiratory tract unicellular

eyelids, in the
16 Henle's glands tubular
conjunctiva

conjunctiva, middle
17 Krause's glands mucous
portion

intestines, surface of digestive

18 Lieberkuhn's glands simple tubular
mucous membrane enzymes

Littré's glands, Morgagni's spongy portion of the

19 mucus racemose
glands urethra

abdomen, near the

20 Lumbar glands
back

compound
21 Mammary gland breast milk
tubulo-acinar

22 Meibomian gland eyelids sebaceous

23 Moll's glands eyelids sebum

24 Montgomery's glands mammary areola sebaceous

25 Naboth's glands cervix and os uteri mucous

Olfactory glands, Bowman's

26 nose, olfactory region mucus
glands

27 Paneth cells small intestine serous

Gley's glands, Sandstroem's parathyroid

28 in the neck
glands, parathyroid gland hormone

hydrochloric acid, dynamic

29 Parietal cell stomach
intrinsic factor canaliculi

tubulo-
30 Parotid gland mouth saliva
alveolar

31 Peyer's patches (or glands) ileum, lymphatic glands

surrounds the urethra

tubulo-
32 Prostate just below the urinary
alveolar
bladder
 simple
antrum of the pylorus,
33 Pyloric glands mucous, gastrin branched
stomach
tubular

acinar -
34 Sebaceous gland skin sebum
branched

tubulo-
35 Sublingual gland, Rivini's gland mouth mucus (primarily)
alveolar

tubulo-
36 Submandibular gland mouth mixed (M+S)
alveolar

Sudoriparous glands,
37 skin
Boerhaave's glands

epitrochlear lymph
38 Sigmund's glands
nodes of axilla

mouth, beneath the

39 Suzanne's gland mucous
alveolo-lingual groove[1]

Tiedmann's glands, Bartholin's

40 vulva, vagina
glands, vulvovaginal glands

posterior nasopharynx,
41 Tubarial glands over the torus saliva
tubarius[2]

histotroph
42 Uterine glands uterus tubular
(uterine milk)

43 Weber's glands tongue mucous tubular

44 Glands of Zeis eyelids, free edges sebaceous

Skin
There are several specialized glands within the human integumentary system that are derived
from apocrine or sebaceous gland precursors. There are no specialized variants of eccrine
glands.
Specialized glands within the human integumentary system

Precursor gland derived

# Name Anatomic location
from[3]

1 Ceruminous gland Apocrine Ear canal

2 Mammary gland Apocrine Breast

3 Moll's gland Apocrine Eyelid margin

4 Tyson's gland Sebaceous Genital skin

5 Meibomian gland Sebaceous Tarsal plate

Associated with eyelashes on eyelid

6 Gland of Zeis Sebaceous
margin

Montgomery
7 Sebaceous Areola
gland

8 Fordyce spot Sebaceous Vermillion border

Endocrine glands
See List of human endocrine organs and actions

References

1. Anil Ghom, Shubhange Mhaske. Oral

pathology. p. Glossary, 837.

2. Valstar, Matthijs H.; de Bakker, Bernadette

S.; Steenbakkers, Roel J.H.M.; de Jong,
 Kees H.; Smit, Laura A.; Klein Nulent,
Thomas J.W.; van Es, Robert J.J.; Hofland,
Ingrid; de Keizer, Bart; Jasperse, Bas;
Balm, Alfons J.M.; van der Schaaf, Arjen;
Langendijk, Johannes A.; Smeele, Ludi E.;
Vogel, Wouter V. (September 2020). "The
tubarial salivary glands: A potential new
organ at risk for radiotherapy" (https://doi.
org/10.1016%2Fj.radonc.2020.09.034) .
Radiotherapy and Oncology.
doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2020.09.034 (http
s://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.radonc.2020.09.0
34) . PMID 32976871 (https://pubmed.nc
bi.nlm.nih.gov/32976871) .

3. Eccrine glands have no specialized

variants.
 1. Michael H. Ross & Wojciech Pawlina,
Histology: A Text and Atlas

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