Bowman's gland

Constant flow from the Bowman's glands allows old odors to be constantly washed away.

Electron microscopy studies show that Bowman's glands contain cells with large secretory vesicles.

Olfactory mucosal cell types include bipolar neurons, supporting (sustentacular) cells, basal cells, and Bowman's glands.

Bowman's glands are serous glands in the lamina propria, whose secretions trap and dissolve odoriferous substances.

The structure of the Bowman's glands consists of an acinus in the lamina propria and a secretory duct going out through the olfactory epithelium.

Bowman's glands might secrete proteins such as Lysozyme, amylase and IgA similarly to serous glands.

The exact composition of the secretions from Bowman's glands is unclear, but there is evidence that Bowman's glands do not produce odorant binding protein.

Bowman's glands (a.k.a. olfactory glands, glands of Bowman) are 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.