 Olfactory glands

Olfactory glands, also known as Bowman's glands, are a type of nasal gland situated in the olfactory mucosa, beneath the olfactory epithelium, in the lamina propria, a connective tissue also containing fibroblasts, blood vessels and bundles of fine axons from the olfactory neurons.An olfactory gland consists of an acinus in the lamina propria and a secretory duct going out through the olfactory epithelium.