# List of glands of the human body

This article contains a list of glands of the human body

## List of endocrine and exocrine glands

| # | 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, | duodenum | mucous | compound tubular |
| 4 | Bronchopulmonary glands | lungs | 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 | mucous | |
| 41 | Tiedmann's glands, Bartholin's glands, vulvovaginal glands | vulva, vagina | | |
| 42 | Tubarial glands | posterior nasopharynx, over the torus tubarius | saliva | |
| 43 | Uterine glands | uterus | histotroph (uterine milk) | tubular |
| 44 | Weber's glands | tongue | mucous | tubular |
| 45 | Glands of Zeis | eyelids, free edges | sebaceous | |

## Skin

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.
Specialized glands within the human integumentary system :
| # | Name | Precursor gland derived from | Anatomic location |
| 1 | Ceruminous gland | Apocrine | Ear canal |
| 2 | Mammary gland | Apocrine | Breast |
| 3 | Moll's gland | Apocrine | Eyelid margin |
| 4 | Tyson's gland | Sebaceous | Genital skin |
| 5 | Meibomian gland | Sebaceous | Tarsal plate |
| 6 | Gland of Zeis | Sebaceous | Associated with eyelashes on eyelid margin |
| 7 | Montgomery gland | Sebaceous | Areola |
| 8 | Fordyce spot | Sebaceous | Vermillion border |

## Endocrine glands

See List of human endocrine organs and actions