Olfactory glands
| Olfactory glands | |
|---|---|
 Section of the olfactory mucous membrane. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | glandulae olfactoriae |
| TA98 | A15.1.00.003 |
| TA2 | 6733 |
| TH | H3.05.00.0.00026 |
| FMA | 77659 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
Bowman's glands (a.k.a. olfactory glands, glands of Bowman) are situated in the olfactory mucosa, beneath the olfactory epithelium, in the lamina propria, a connective tissue also containing fibroblasts, blood vessels, and bundles of fine axons from the olfactory neurons.[1]
The structure of the Bowman's glands consists of an acinus in the lamina propria and a secretory duct going out through the olfactory epithelium.
Electron microscopy studies show that Bowman's glands contain cells with large secretory vesicles.[2] Bowman's glands secrete the gel-forming mucin MUC5AC(UniProtKB: P98088).[3] Bowman's glands might secrete proteins such as lysozyme, amylase and IgA similarly to serous glands. The exact composition of the secretions from Bowman's glands is unclear, but there is evidence that Bowman's glands does produce odorant binding protein.[4][5]
See also
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 996 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ Moran, David T.; Rowley Jc, 3rd; Jafek, BW; Lovell, MA (1982), "The fine structure of the olfactory mucosa in man", Journal of Neurocytology, 11 (5): 721–746, doi:10.1007/BF01153516, PMID 7143026
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Frisch, Donald (1967), "Ultrastructure of mouse olfactory mucosa.", The American Journal of Anatomy, 121 (1): 87–120., doi:10.1002/aja.1001210107, PMID 6052394
- ^ Solbu, T. T.; Holen, T. (2012), "Aquaporin pathways and mucin secretion of Bowman's glands might protect the olfactory mucosa.", Chemical Senses, 37 (1): 35–46., doi:10.1093/chemse/bjr063, PMID 21745799
- ^ Gartner, Lesli. Color Textbook of Histology. Saunders Elsevier. p. 349.
- ^ Tegoni, Mariella; Pelosi, P; Vincent, F; Spinelli, S; Campanacci, V; Grolli, S; Ramoni, R; Cambillau, C (2000), "Mammalian odorant binding proteins", Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1482 (1–2) (published 1967): 229–240., doi:10.1016/S0167-4838(00)00167-9, PMID 11058764
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