DUCTLESS GLANDS  , in See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy . A certain number of glands in the See also:

• BODY

body, often of See also:

• GREAT

great physiological importance, have no ducts (See also:

• LAT

Lat. due/us, from ducere, to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, i.e. vessels, tubes or canals for conveying away fluid or other substance); and their products, known as See also:

• INTERNAL

internal secretions, are at once carried away by the See also:

• VEINS

veins or lymphatics which drain them . Among these structures are the See also:

• SPLEEN (Gr. o-1rXilv)

spleen, the adrenals, the See also:

• THYROID (Gr. Ovpoea3i'is, shield-shaped, from Ovpeos, a large oblong shield, shaped like a door, Obpa, and eiSos, form)

thyroid gland, the parathyroids, the thymus and the See also:

• CAROTID

carotid and See also:

• COCCYGEAL

coccygeal bodies . In addition to these the lymphatic glands are described in the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article on the lymphatic See also:

• SYSTEM

system (q.v.), and the pineal and pituitary bodies in the article on the See also:

• BRAIN (A.S. braegen)

brain (q.v.) .