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mucous gland

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000414

A gland in which the principal secretory cells are mucus secreting cells. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/intro/glands.htm ]

Synonyms: glandula mucosa

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UBPROP 0000008

In frogs and salamanders, this is the smaller of the two types of gland, the other being the granular (poison) gland. In these species the mucous gland is a cluster of cells that release secretion into a common duct[Kardong]

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has related synonym

mucus-secreting gland, muciparous gland, mucous secreting gland, mucus gland

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UBERON:0000414

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Mucous gland