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GLANDULAR SYSTEM. 



Q. How do you define a gland? 



#. It is a body from which flows, by one or many ducts, 

 a fluid, which this body separates from the blood received 

 by vessels which go to it. 



Q. What important peculiarity is found in this system? 



#. That the texture peculiar to it is not precisely the 

 same in all the organs that compose the system. The tex- 

 ture of the liver differs from that of the kidney. 



Q. Name the glands. 



t#. Those on the head are, the salivary, the lachrymal, 

 the meibomeian and ceruminous of the ear, and the amyg- 

 dala. On the thorax, the mammae. In the abdomen the 

 liver, pancreas and kidneys. In the pelvis, the prostate 

 and testicles. On the trunk and face the mucous glands. 



Q. Are there glands on the extremities? 



t/2. There are none. 







Situation, Forms, Division, Sec. of the Glandular Sys- 

 tem. 



Q. What is to be observed of the position of these 

 glands ? 



/2. They are in two situations, sub-cutaneous, and deep- 

 seated. 



Q. Does the motion communicated to the glands by the 

 neighbouring parts, induce their excretion? 





