Submucosal esophageal gland
System
Digestive
SNOMED CT
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Submucosal esophageal gland
Definition
One of the racemose glands in the walls of the esophagus that in humans are small and serve principally to lubricate the food but in some birds secrete a milky fluid on which the young are fed.
Also known as esophageal gland, glandulae oesophageae, mucous gland of submucosa of esophagus — per UBERON
The Submucosal esophageal gland is a part of the Digestive.