Urethral gland
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| Urethral gland | |
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| Latin | glandulae urethrales urethrae masculinae |
| Gray's | subject #262 1250 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | g_06/12392818 |
The term urethral or periurethral gland (also Littre gland after Alexis Littré, or preputial glands) is used to refer to any of the many glands that branch off the wall of the urethra of male mammals.
The glands secrete mucus, which is incorporated into the semen, and are most numerous in the section of the urethra that runs through the penis.
[edit] External links
- synd/1262 at Who Named It
- Slide at uottawa.ca
- Image at fraunhofer.de
- g_06/12391621 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary - "Littre's glands" - two definitions. Urethral gland is equated to second definition.
- g_06/12392609 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary - "preputial glands" - equated to first definition of Littre's gland.
- preputial+glands at eMedicine Dictionary
- Urethral+glands at eMedicine Dictionary
- glands+of+the+female+urethra at eMedicine Dictionary
- glands+of+the+male+urethra at eMedicine Dictionary
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