This article contains a list of glands of the human body
| Name(s) | Location | Product | Structure | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apocrine sweat glands | skin | coiled tubular | ||
| 2 | Bauhin's glands, anterior lingual glands | tongue, near tip | nonserous or mixed | ||
| 3 | Brunner's glands, | mucous | compound tubular | ||
| 4 | Bronchopulmonary glands | mucous | |||
| 5 | Bulbourethral glands, Cowper's glands, Mery's glands | penis, base | pre-ejaculate | tubulo-alveolar | |
| 6 | Ceruminous gland | ear | cerumen | ||
| 7 | Ciaccio's glands, accessory lacrimal glands | eye | tears | ||
| 8 | Cobelli's glands | esophagus, just above the cardia, in the mucosa | mucous | ||
| 9 | Ebner's glands | tongue | serous | ||
| 10 | Eccrine sweat glands | skin | coiled tubular | ||
| 11 | Esophageal glands | esophagus | mucous | racemose | |
| 12 | Exocrine pancreas | pancreas | serous | tubulo-acinar | |
| 13 | Gastric chief cell, Wasmann's glands | stomach | serous | ||
| 14 | Glomus coccygeum, coccygeal gland, Luschka's gland or gangliona | coccyx, near the tip | |||
| 15 | Goblet cells | digestive tract, respiratory tract | mucous | simple unicellular | |
| 16 | Henle's glands | eyelids, in the conjunctiva | tubular | ||
| 17 | Krause's glands | conjunctiva, middle portion | mucous | ||
| 18 | Lieberkuhn's glands | intestines, surface of mucous membrane | digestive enzymes | simple tubular | |
| 19 | Littré's glands, Morgagni's glands | spongy portion of the urethra | mucous | racemose | |
| 20 | Lumbar glands | abdomen, near the back | |||
| 21 | Mammary gland | breast | milk | compound tubulo-acinar | |
| 22 | Meibomian gland | eyelids | sebaceous | ||
| 23 | Moll's glands | eyelids | sebum | ||
| 24 | Montgomery's glands | mammary areola | sebaceous | ||
| 25 | Naboth's glands | cervix and os uteri | mucous | ||
| 26 | Olfactory glands, Bowman's glands | nose, olfactory region | mucous | ||
| 27 | Paneth cells | small intestine | serous | ||
| 28 | Gley's glands, Sandstroem's glands, parathyroid gland | in the neck | parathyroid hormone | ||
| 29 | Parietal cell | stomach | hydrochloric acid, intrinsic factor | dynamic canaliculi | |
| 30 | Parotid gland | mouth | saliva | tubulo-alveolar | |
| 31 | Peyer's patches (or glands) | ileum, lymphatic glands | |||
| Pineal gland | brain | melatonin | |||
| 32 | Prostate | surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder | tubulo-alveolar | ||
| 33 | Pyloric glands | antrum of the pylorus, stomach | mucous, gastrin | simple branched tubular | |
| 34 | Sebaceous gland | skin | sebum | acinar - branched | |
| 35 | Skene's gland, lesser vestibular gland, paraurethral gland | vestibule of the vulva, around the lower end of the urethra | serous | tubulo-alveolar | |
| 36 | Sublingual gland, Rivini's gland | mouth | mucus (primarily) | tubulo-alveolar | |
| 37 | Submandibular gland | mouth | mixed (M+S) | tubulo-alveolar | |
| 38 | Sudoriparous glands, Boerhaave's glands | skin | |||
| 39 | Sigmund's glands | epitrochlear lymph nodes of axilla | |||
| 40 | Suzanne's gland | mouth, beneath the alveolo-lingual groove[1] | mucous | ||
| 41 | Tiedmann's glands, Bartholin's glands, vulvovaginal glands | vulva, vagina | |||
| 42 | Tubarial glands | posterior nasopharynx, over the torus tubarius[2] | saliva | ||
| 43 | Uterine glands | uterus | histotroph (uterine milk) | tubular | |
| 44 | Weber's glands | tongue | mucous | tubular | |
| 45 | Glands of Zeis | eyelids, free edges | sebaceous |
There are several specialized glands within the human integumentary system that are derived from apocrine or sebaceous gland precursors. There are no specialized variants of eccrine glands.
| Name | Precursor gland derived from[3] | Anatomic location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ear canal | ||
| 2 | Breast | ||
| 3 | Eyelid margin | ||
| 4 | Genital skin | ||
| 5 | Tarsal plate | ||
| 6 | Associated with eyelashes on eyelid margin | ||
| 7 | Montgomery gland | Areola | |
| 8 | Vermillion border | ||
See List of human endocrine organs and actions