Groupings of specialized epithelial cells located along the dorsal ventral margin. Adhesion glands are comprised of three cell types, the viscid and releasing gland cells which penetrate through an epithelial anchor cell and terminate at the epidermal surface. [ OCLC:16809160 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20865784 ]
Synonyms: marginal adhesive gland
Term information
- ISBN:9780070316607
- PMID:20865784
- OCLC:16809160
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Term relations
- tissue
- material entity
- existence overlaps some asexual adult
- contained in some anterior region of the whole animal
- contained in some posterior region of the whole animal
- existence overlaps some adult hermaphrodite
- part of some secretory system
- contained in some tail region
- contained in some copulatory region
- contained in some dorsal ventral margin of the whole animal
- contained in some prepharyngeal region
- contained in some head region
- existence overlaps some juvenile
- contained in some parapharyngeal region