Important glands and corpuscles

Glands/Corpuscles	Location	Functions
1.    Accessory glands	Male reproductive system	Activation and lubrication of sperms
2.    Accessory glands	Earthworm	Copulation
3.    Antennary (Green) glands	Crustaceans	Excretion
4.    Apical glands	Trematode larva	To dissolve tissue of secondary host
5.    Bartholin’s gland	Female reproductive system	Lubrication of vagina during copulation
6.    Blood glands (red glands)	Earthworm	Synthesis of blood cells and haemoglobin
7.    Bowman’s glands	Nasal chamber of man	To moisten nasal epithelium
8.    Brunner’s glands	Submucosa of duodenum of mammals	Releasing of alkaline secretions (mucus)
9.    Bulbo-urethral (Cowper’s ) glands	Human male	Lubricates urethra for semen in man
10. Calciferous glands	Stomach of earthworm	To release calcareous fluid to neutralise acidity
11. Cardiac glands	Cardiac stomach	To release of gastric juice
12. Ceruminous (Wax) glands	Exterior auditory meatus of mammals	To release cerumin (ear wax)
13. Chromaphil glands	Pharynx of earthworm	To release proteinase and mucus
14. Ciliary glands (Glands of Moll)	Base of eyelashes of man	Lubrication of eye lashes
15. Clitellar glands	Clitellum of earthworm	To secrete cocoon
16. Collateral glands	3rd or 4th abdominal segments of  female cockroach	To secrete egg case of ootheca
17. Conglobate (Phallic) glands	Near male genital aperture of male cockroach	To release musky odour for attraction of females and also secrete outermost layer of spermatophore wall.
18. Corpuscula bulboidea	Krause end bulbs	Sensitive to cold (Thermoreceptors)
19. Crop (modified oesophagus)	Birds	To secrete crop milk
20. Crypt of Lieberkuhn	Ileum	To secrete succus entericus
21. Cutaneous glands (epidermal glands)	Vertebrate skin	Modified for different functions
22. Cystogenous glands	Cercaria larva of liver fluke	To secrete cyst
23. Dogiel’s corpuscles	Encapsulated sensory nerve ending
24. Ebner’s (Serous) glands	On tongue	Secretions help to spread food over papillae
25. Eccrine (coiled tubular sweat) glands	All over the body of man	For osmoregulation
26. Ecdysal (Prothoracic) glands	Insects	Source of ecdysone for moulting
27. Egli’s glands	Ureter & renal pelvis	To release of mucus
28. Femoral glands	Thigh of male lizard	To secrete calcareous spines that help in copulation
29. Fundic (Gastric) glands	Fundus of stomach	To release gastric juice
30. Gastric glands	Refer fundic glands
31. Genital corpuscles	Near external genitalia	Tangoreceptors
32. Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscles	Finger tips and toes	Tangoreceptors
33. Grandy’s corpuscles	On bird’s beak	Tangoreceptors
34. Green glands	Refer antennary glands
35. Harderian glands	Vertebrate eye with functional nictitating membrane
36. Hedonic (Scent or Odoriferous) glands	Skin of few reptiles & all mammals	To attract opposite sex
37. Herbst’s corpuscles	Birds	Tangoreceptors
38. Infraorbital glands	Below the eye ball of few mammals (e.g. Rabbit)	Acts as Salivary glands
39. Inguinal (Perineal) glands	Cutaneous glands of certain mammals (e.g. Rabbit) near genital organs	To attract opposite sex
40. Ink glands	Cephalopod molluscs	To release ink during escape
41. Internal salivary glands	Sublingual and submandibular glands of man
42. Intestinal glands	Refer Crypts of Lieberkuhn
43. Jacobson’s organs	Amphibians and reptiles	Olfactoreceptors
44. Key-retzius	Beak of certain aquatic birds	Resembling Pacinian
45. Krause’s glands	Tympanic cavity	To release mucus
46. Labial glands	Inner lip surface of man	To secrete mucus
47. Lachrymal (Tear) glands	Vertebrate eyes	Secrete tears. Nourish cornea
48. Lymph glands	Alimentary canal of earthworm	To release phagocytes
49. Mammary glands	Modified oil gland in Prototherians and modified sweat gland in higher mammals	For production of milk in females during lactation period
50. Mantle gland	Mantle of mollusca	To secrete shell
51. Mebomian glands	On the eye lids	To release oil
52. Mehlis’s glands	Surrounds ootype of trematode and cestode in the centre of ovarian complex	For lubrication of genital tract for passage of eggs
53. Moll’s glands	Refer ciliary glands
54. Mushroom (utricular) glands	Male cockroach	To secrete innermost layer of spermatophore and for nourishment and storage of sperms
55. Odoriferous glands	Refer Hedonic glands
56. Optic glands	The brain of cephalopod mollusc	To release gonadotropic hormones
57. Pacinian corpuscles	Near ligaments and tendons	Tangoreceptors
58. Palatine glands	Palate of mammals	To secrete mucus
59. Parotid glands	Near tympanum of toad	To release poison
60. Parotid glands	Salivary gland of mammals	Secrete saliva
61. Penetration glands	Miracidium larva of flukes	To penetrate skin of sheep
62. Phallic glands	Refer conglobate gland
63. Preening (Uropygeal) gland	Birds	Modified oil glands to make feathers water proof
64. Prostate gland	Associated with male reproductive system. Also found in some annelids & molluscans
65. Prostomial gland	Leech	To secrete ootheca
66. Pyloric gland	Pyloric part of stomach	To release mucus and gastric hormone
67. Red gland	Refer blood gland
68. Salivary glands	Refer internal salivary glands
69. Scent (Odoriferous) glands	Refer Hedonic glands
70. Sebaceous glands	Mammalian skin	To release sebum
71. Shell glands	Platyhelminthes	For secretion of shells and lubrication of genital tract
72. Slime glands	Skin of hagfish	To release mucus
73. Sublingual glands	Salivary gland seen below tongue	Release of saliva (5%)
74. Submaxillary (Submandibular) glands	Salivary glands in angle of jaws	Release of saliva (75%)
75. Subneural glands	Herdmania (Sea potato)	Excretory glands
76. Sudoriferous glands	Sweat producing glands
77. Sweat glands	Skin	To produce sweat
78. Tarsal glands	On tarsus of prototherians	To secrete poison
79. Tear glands	Refer lachrymal glands
80. Unicellular glands	Cutaneous glands of fish	To form mucus
81. Uropygeal gland	Refer preening glands
82. Utricular glands	Refer mushroom glands
83. Zeis gland	Eyelashes follicles of Mammals	Modified sebaceous gland sensitive to allergens
84. Zygomatic gland	Refer infraorbital gland