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in the posterior portion of the intercostal spaces. G., 

 Internal, in botany, a gland below the surface of a 

 plant-organ. G., Interocular, in comparative anat- 

 omy, the ectocranial portion of the epiphysis cerebri. 

 It is regarded as the rudiment of the third eye. G., 

 Interungulate, in sheep, a muciparous gland between 

 the hoofs. G., Intestinal, Solitary, one of a num- 

 ber of peculiar white isolated lymph-glands distributed 

 through the intestinal mucous membrane. G., Jugu- 

 lar, Inferior. See G., Cervical, Deep. G., Jugular, 

 Superficial. See G., Cervical, Superficial. G., 

 Jugular, Superior. See G., Cervical, Superior^ 

 Deep. G. of Kolliker. See G. , Bowman's. G. 

 of Krause, one of a number of acinous glands in the 

 orbital portion of the conjunctiva. G., Labial, one 

 of several racemose glands near the edges of the lips, 

 r., Lachrymal, a compound racemose gland in the 

 pper and outer portions of the orbit, whose function 

 is to secrete the tears. G., Lachrymal, Inferior, 

 lower portion of the lachrymal gland. G., 

 ^achrymal, Superior, the upper portion of the 

 achrymal gland. G., Lactiferous. See G. , Mam- 

 lary. G., Laryngeal, Anterior, Posterior, one of 

 acinous lymph-glands in the laryngeal mucous 

 lembrane. G., Lateral, in Cestodes, one of the 

 jlands situated on either side of the uterus. G., 

 Lenticular. I. In botany, one of the oily or fatty 

 glands found in plants. 2. One of the conglobate 

 glands in the mucous membrane of the stomach. G. 

 of Lieberkiihn. See Lieberkiihn, Crypts of. G., 

 Lingual, Anterior. See G.. Xuhn's. G., Lingual, 

 Lateral, one of the acinous glands at the edge of the 

 tongue. G., Lingual, Lymphatic, one of two or three 

 glands on the outer surface of the hyoglossus muscle. 

 G., Lingual, Posterior, one of the acinous lymph- 

 glands on the dorsum linguae near the foramen cecum. 

 G. of Littre \ov of Morgagni), one of the small race- 

 mose muciparous glands in the mucous membrane of 

 the cavernous portion of the urethra. G., Lobulated. 

 See G. , Racemose. G., Lophophoral (of Benhani), 

 in biology, a border of glandular tissue, surrounding 

 the lophophore. G., Lumbar, one of a number of 

 lymph-glands, situated in the lumbar region, behind 

 the peritoneum. G., Luschka's. See G., Coc- 

 cygeal. G., Lymph. See G. , Lymphatic. G., 

 Lymphatic, a small oval mass of lymphoid tissue in 

 the course of a lymphatic vessel. There are supposed 

 to be between 500 and 600 in man. The chyle and 

 lymph pass through them to the blood. G., Lymphat- 

 ic, Solitary. 1. A simple isolated lymph-gland. 2. 

 See G. , Intestinal, Solitary. G., Mammary, one of 

 the glands, in mammals, that secrete milk. G., Mas- 

 toid. See G. , Snbauricular. G., Maxillary, In- 

 ternal. See G., Facial, Deep. G., Mediastinal, 

 one of the lymph-glands in the mediastinum. G., 

 Mediastinal, Anterior, one of several small lymph- 

 glands in the lower portion of the anterior mediasti- 

 num. G., Mediastinal, Posterior, one of the lymph- 

 glands in the posterior mediastinum surrounding the 

 esophagus and thoracic aorta. G., Mediastinal, 

 Superior, one of the lymph-glands in the upper por- 

 tion of the mediastinum. G., Meibomian, one of 

 the minute sebaceous follicles between the cartilage 

 and conjunctiva of the eyelids. G. of Meibomius. 

 See G., Meibomian. G., Mery's. See G., Cow- 

 per's. G., Mesenteric, one of the lymph glands of 

 the mesentery. G., Meseraic. See G. , Mesenteric. 

 G., Mesocolic, one of the lymph-glands in the mes- 

 entery of the colon. G., Miliary. 1. (of Boer- 

 haave) any one of the sudoriparous glands. 2. (of 

 Mirbel) in biology, one of the minute granules on 

 the green parts of plants. 3. (of Guettard) a stoma. 



G. of Mirbel. See G. , Miliary, and G. , Globular. 

 G., Molar, one of the large buccal glands situated 

 near the molar teeth, between the masseter and bucci- 

 nator muscles of the cheek. G., Moll's, one of the 

 modified sweat-glands on the free margin of the eye- 

 lids opening into the hair- follicles of the eyelashes. 

 G., Montgomery's, one of the microscopic sebace- 

 ous glands of the areola of the breast. G. of Mor- 

 gagni. See G. of Littre. G., Moriform. See G., 

 Racemose. G., Morrenian, in biology, one of cer- 

 tain glands of worms, as the earth-worm, whose func- 

 tion is that of assimilation. G., Mucilaginous, a 

 name given to one of the fringed processes of synovial 

 membranes. See G. , Haversian. G., Muciparous. 

 See G., Mucous. G., Mucous, one of the glands in 

 mucous membranes, secreting mucus. G., Mucous, 

 Salivary, a salivary gland mainly secreting mucus. 

 G., Mushroom-shaped, a peculiar accessory male 

 genital organ in certain insects, probably the analogue 

 of the seminal vesicle. G., Musk, the glandular 

 structure in certain animals secreting musk. G. of 

 Naboth (also called follicle of A r aboth), a pathologic 

 vesicle in the mucous membrane of the uterine cer- 

 vical canal. G., Nabothian. See G. of Xaboth. 

 G., Nasal. 1. See G., Supra-orbital. 2. {of 

 Rathke). See Jacobson's Organ. G., Nasal, Exter- 

 nal, in birds, a gland in the frontal or nasal bone 

 emptying into the nasal cavities. G., Nectar. See 

 G., Nectatiferous. G., Nectariferous, in biology, a 

 gland secreting honey or nectar. G., Nerve, the 

 supra-renal capsule. G., Nervous (of the pelvis). 

 See G., Coccygeal. G., Nidamental, in biology, a 

 gland secreting a peculiar viscid material that invests 

 the ova. G., Nuck's. See G, Afukn's. G., Nuhn's, 

 one of the acinous glands near the apex of the tongue- 

 . They are also called A'uck's, Bauhin ' s, and Blondin's 

 glands. G., Occipital, one of the lymph-glands situ- 

 ated over the occipital insertion of the trapezius. G., 

 Odoriferous, one of the glands secreting odoriferous 

 substances, as behind the cervix of the penis, secret- 

 ing the smegma. G., Oil. See G. , Sebaceous. G., 

 Oviducal, in Elasmobranchia, a gland connected 

 with the oviduct. G., Oxyntic, one of the glands of 

 the cardiac region of the stomach, supposed to secrete 

 the acid of the gastric juice. G. of Pacchioni. See 

 Pacchionian Bodies. G., Pacchionian. See Pac- 

 chionian Bodies. G., Palatal. See G., Palatine. 

 G., Palatine, a small acinous gland that with others 

 forms a continuous layer beneath the mucous membrane 

 of the hard and soft palate. G., Palpebral. See G., 

 Meibomian. G., Pancreatico-splenic, one of the 

 lymph-glands following the course of the splenic artery 

 and vein. G., Papillary, in biology, a papilla-like 

 gland on the under surface of a leaf of labiate 

 plants. G., Parotic. See G., Parotid. G., Parotid, 

 a large salivary gland situated in front of the ear. 

 G., Parotid, Lymphatic. See G., Auricular, An- 

 terior. G. of Pecklin. See G., Peyer's. G., Pec- 

 toral, one of the lymph-glands on the lower portion 

 of the pectoralis major muscle. G., Pepsin. See 

 G., Oxyntic. G., Peptic. See G., Oxyntic. G., 

 Perspiratory. See G., Sudoriparous. G., Petiolar, 

 in botany, a gum-secreting gland occurring on the 

 petiole. G., Peyer's, one of a number of lymph- 

 follicles of the bowel occurring mainly in the ileum. 

 They are especially involved in typhoid fever. G., 

 Peyerian. See G. , Peyer's. G., Pharyngeal, one 

 of the racemose glands in the pharyngeal mucous 

 membrane. G., Phrenic, one of the lvmph-glands 

 in the lower portion of the anterior mediastinum. G., 

 Pilous. See G., Hair. G., Pineal. See Pineal 

 Gland. G., Pituitary, a term for the hypophysis of 



