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