Preputial Gland (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Preputial glands are exocrine glands that are located in front of the genitals of some mammals (including mice) and produce pheromones. The preputial glands of female animals are sometimes called clitoral glands. The best studied preputial glands are those of the House Mouse and the Brown Rat, because these two species are important model organisms and because their preputial glands are very similar in structure to the (much smaller) sebaceous glands of humans. The preputial glands of male musk deer produce strong-smelling musk which is of economic importance as it is used in perfumes. 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.