coccygeal gland
1coccygeal gland — n GLOMUS COCCYGEUM * * * glomus coccygeum …
2coccygeal gland — noun 1. also coccygeal body : a small mass of vascular tissue situated near the tip of the coccyx 2. : the oil gland near the base of the tail of a bird …
3Coccygeal glomus — Section of an irregular nodule of the glomus coccygeum. X 85. The section shows the fibrous covering of the nodule, the bloodvessels within it, and the epithelial cells of which it is constituted. Latin glomus coccygeum …
4coccygeal body — noun see coccygeal gland 1 …
5gland — An organized aggregation of cells functioning as a secretory or excretory organ. SYN: glandula (1) [TA]. [L. glans, acorn] accessory g. a small mass of glandular structure, detached from but lying near another and larger g., to which it is… …
6arterial gland — noun : any of certain small masses of vascular and chromaffin tissue found in several parts of the body (as the carotid and coccygeal glands) …
7glomus coccygeum — glomus coc·cy·ge·um käk sij ē əm n a small mass of vascular tissue situated near the tip of the coccyx called also coccygeal body, coccygeal gland, Luschka s gland * * * [TA] coccygeal body: an oval structure consisting of irregular masses of …
8body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the …
9Median sacral artery — Artery: Median sacral artery The abdominal aorta and its branches. (Middle sacral visible at center bottom.) …
10chromaffin cells — 1. a type of APUD cells that stain readily with chromium salts, their cytoplasmic granules taking on a characteristic brown color; they are found especially in cells of the adrenal medulla and in paraganglia of the coccygeal gland and carotid… …
