Medical Definition of Glandulae glomiformes

1. 1. A small globular body. 2. A highly organised arteriolovenular anastomosis forming a tiny nodular focus in the nailbed, pads of the fingers and toes, ears, hands, and feet and many other organs of the body. The afferent arteriole enters the connective tissue capsule of the glomus, becomes devoid of an internal elastic membrane, and develops a relatively thick epithelioid muscular wall and small lumen; the anastomosis may be branched and convoluted, richly innervated with sympathetic and myelinated nerves, and connected with a short, thin-walled vein that drains into a periglomic vein and then into one of the veins of the skin. The glomus functions as a shunt-or bypass-regulating mechanism in the flow of blood, temperature, and conservation of heat in the part as well as in the indirect control of the blood pressure and other functions of the circulatory system. Synonym: glandulae glomiformes, glomiform glands, glomus body. Synonym: glome. Origin: L. Glomus, a ball (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glandulae Glomiformes

glandula thyroidea accessoria
glandula uropygius
glandulae areolares
glandulae bronchiales
glandulae buccales
glandulae ceruminosae
glandulae cervicales uteri
glandulae ciliares
glandulae circumanales
glandulae conjunctivales
glandulae cutis
glandulae duodenales
glandulae endocrinae
glandulae gastricae
glandulae glomiformes (current term)
glandulae intestinales
glandulae laryngeae
glandulae molares
glandulae mucosae biliosae
glandulae nasales
glandulae oesophageae
glandulae olfactoriae
glandulae oris
glandulae palatinae
glandulae pharyngeae
glandulae preputiales
glandulae propriae

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