Secretory_organWordNet Explorer

any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream

a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae

silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders

a gland that secretes externally through a duct

any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream

one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland