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Preputial gland

Exocrine gland in the penis or clitoris

Summary

Exocrine gland in the penis or clitoris

Field	Value
Name	Preputial gland
Latin	glandulae preputiales

Preputial glands are exocrine glands in the prepuce in front of the penis. They occur in many mammals, including canids, mice, ferrets, rhinoceroses, and even-toed ungulates and produce pheromones. The preputial glands of female animals are sometimes called clitoral glands.

Male canids scent-mark their territories with urine and preputial gland secretions. The preputial glands of male musk deer produce strong-smelling deer musk which is of economic importance, as it is used in perfumes.

Human homologues

There is debate about whether humans have functional homologues to preputial glands. Preputial glands were first noted by Edward Tyson and in 1694, fully described by William Cowper who named them Tyson's glands after Tyson. They are modified sebaceous glands located around the corona and inner surface of the prepuce of the human penis. They are believed to be most frequently found in the balanopreputial sulcus. Their secretion may be one of the components of smegma.

Anatomy of male reproductive system in mouse showing the preputial glands

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References

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(1996). "Preputial glands in Artiodactyla". Journal of Mammalogy.
(2003). "Wolves: Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation". University of Chicago Press.
Van Heerden, Joseph. "[http://www.repository.up.ac.za/dspace/bitstream/handle/2263/51834/5vanheerden1981.pdf?sequence=1 The role of integumental glands in the social and mating behaviour of the hunting dog Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820).]" (1981).
(September 1, 1991). "Perfumes combine hundreds of ingredients to create 1 fragrance". [[The Daily News (Texas).
(December 2008). "Oestrogen receptor expression and neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the clitoris and preputial gland structures of mice". BJU Int..
Kruger L. (December 2003). "Edward Tyson's 1680 account of the 'porpess' brain and its place in the history of comparative neurology". [[Journal of the History of the Neurosciences]].
Cowper, W. (1724). "Myotomia reformata; or, An anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body".
(January 1969). "Tyson's "glands." Ectopic sebaceous glands and papillomatosis penis". Arch Dermatol.
Parkash S, Rao R, Venkatesan K, Ramakrishnan S. [http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/prakash/ Sub-preputial wetness: its nature]. {{title case. ANNALS OF NATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE (India) 1982; 18: 109-12
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(October 2006). "Ectopic Modified Sebaceous Glands in Human Penis". [[International Journal of Surgical Pathology]].
{{WhoNamedIt. synd. 3951. Tyson's gland

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