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| A pyloric gland, from a section of the dog’s stomach. The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order In Human anatomy, the stomach is a J-shaped hollow muscular organ of the Gastrointestinal tract involved in the second phase of Digestion, following m. Mouth. n. Neck. tr. A deep portion of a tubule cut transversely. |
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If a gland retains its shape as a tube throughout it is termed a tubular gland. Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group A gland is an organ in an animal's body that synthesizes a substance for release such as Hormones or Breast milk, often into the Bloodstream [1] [2]
Tubular glands are further classified as one of the following:
| Name | Description | Location |
| "simple tubular" or "simple straight tubular"[3] or "straight tubular"[4] | if there is no division | large intestine (Crypts of Lieberkühn), uterine glands |
| "simple branched tubular"[5] or "compound tubular"[6] | if branching occurs | pyloric glands of stomach |
| "coiled tubular" or "simple coiled tubular"[7] | if the gland is coiled without losing its tubular form | sweat glands |
See also
- skin - glands in skin structure
- hair follicles - for hair growth
References
- ^ tubular+gland at eMedicine Dictionary
- ^ SIU SOM Histology GI
- ^ Histology at USC epi/c_43 - "Simple Straight Tubular Gland"
- ^ Blue Histology - Epithelia and Glands
- ^ Histology at KUMC glands-glands12
- ^ Histology at USC epi/c_57 - "Compound Tubular Gland"
- ^ Histology at USC epi/c_46 - "Simple Coiled Tubular Gland"
Additional images
 A diagrammatic sectional view of the skin (magnified). The large intestine is the last part of the Digestive system: the final stage of the Alimentary canal in Vertebrate Animals Its function is to The crypts of Lieberkühn (or intestinal glands) are Glands found in the Epithelial lining of the Small intestine and colon. In the Uterus are the tube-like uterine glands, lined by Ciliated columnar epithelium. The pyloric glands are found in the Pyloric portion of the Stomach. In Human anatomy, the stomach is a J-shaped hollow muscular organ of the Gastrointestinal tract involved in the second phase of Digestion, following The skin contains two different groups of sweat glands: Apocrine sweat glands and Merocrine sweat glands. The skin is the outer covering of living tissue of an animal (or plant A hair follicle is part of the Skin that grows Hair by packing old cells together eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely two medical doctors The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas City The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly |
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