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 |