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===Other accessory glands=== | ===Other accessory glands=== | ||
*Mucinous glands at the apex of the prostate | ====Bulbourethral gland==== | ||
*AKA ''Cowper's gland''. | |||
*Mucinous glands at the apex of the prostate. | |||
**Resemble (mucinous) [[salivary gland]]s.<ref>PR. September 2009.</ref> | |||
===Seminal vesicles=== | Image: [http://pathology.mc.duke.edu/research/histo_course/mixed_saliv.jpg Mucinous/serous salivary gland (duke.edu)]. | ||
====Seminal vesicles==== | |||
*Leaf-like architecture - epithelial component clustered closely, looks like it connects. | *Leaf-like architecture - epithelial component clustered closely, looks like it connects. | ||
**Epithelium surrounded by a thick layer of muscle (>10 cells across ~80 microns). | **Epithelium surrounded by a thick layer of muscle (>10 cells across ~80 microns). | ||