nasal glands

{{short description|Mucous-producing glands in the nose}}

{{infobox anatomy

| Name = Nasal glands

| Latin = glandula nasales

| Nerve = Facial nerve
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The nasal glands are the seromucous glands in the respiratory region of the nasal mucous membrane.{{cite web|title=Naasal Glands|url=http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=37182|publisher=mediLexicon|accessdate=3 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804045644/http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=37182|archive-date=4 August 2016|url-status=dead}} The three major types of nasal glands are anterior serous glands, seromucous glands, and Bowman glands.{{cite book|last=Bluestone|first=Charles|title=Pediatric otolaryngology|year=2002|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=0-7216-9197-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y5rpEdeKtJEC&q=nasal+glands&pg=PA879}}