Medical Definition of Glandulae lacrimales accessoriae

1. Small, compound, branched, tubular glands located in the middle part of the lid (Wolfring's glands, 1872, or Ciaccio's glands, 1874) and along the superior and inferior fornices of the conjunctival sac (Krause's glands, 1854). These accessory glands are just scattered scraps of lacrimal gland tissue; all of them produce the same kind of tears and debouch on to the conjunctival surface. Henle's and Baumgarten's "glands" are in fact not glands at all, but mere epithelial invaginations. Synonym: glandulae lacrimales accessoriae. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glandulae Lacrimales Accessoriae

glandulae bronchiales
glandulae buccales
glandulae ceruminosae
glandulae cervicales uteri
glandulae cervicales uteri
glandulae ciliares
glandulae circumanales
glandulae conjunctivales
glandulae cutis
glandulae duodenales
glandulae endocrinae
glandulae gastricae
glandulae glomiformes
glandulae intestinales
glandulae labiales
glandulae lacrimales accessoriae (current term)
glandulae laryngeae
glandulae molares
glandulae mucosae biliosae
glandulae nasales
glandulae oesophageae
glandulae olfactoriae
glandulae oris
glandulae palatinae
glandulae pharyngeae
glandulae preputiales
glandulae propriae
glandulae pyloricae
glandulae sebaceae
glandulae sebaceae

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