Submucosal esophageal gland

System Digestive
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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.

Also identified as