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anal gland

glands found near the anus in many mammals
Class type of: organ component gland Q484645

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
gland
Subclass of
organ component gland
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[3]
Native label
glandula analis[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en anal gland en perianal gland en anal sacs en anal sac en anal glands ar غدة شرجية de Proktodealdrüse de Proktodäaldrüse de Perianaldrüse de Analdrüse fa غده مقعدی fi anaalirauhanen fi Anaalirauhaset fi Hajurauhaset fi Perärauhanen fi Perärauhaset fr glande anale fr sac anal id Kelenjar anal it ghiandola anale
🔖 Identifiers · 14
GND ID
4629321-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Anal gland abscess.JPG ↗
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
15720
Freebase ID
/m/06brnn
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1820415
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
anal-nye-zhelezy-df5128
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
anal-glands
MeSH descriptor ID
D010481
MeSH tree code
A13.734
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776768504
ScienceDirect topic ID
veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/anal-gland, agricultural-and-biological-sciences/anal-gland
UBERON ID
0004760, 0011253
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UMLS CUI
C0031021
YSO ID
26152

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Instance of 1
gland
← Anatomical location 1
perianal gland tumor
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Summary

anal gland is a gland[1]. It is a type of organ component gland[2].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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