glo'mus

[L. a skin, a ball.] A conglomeration or ture, about s mm. in length, lying in the bifurcation of the common carotid artery; it is formed of a number of lobules each composed of several glomeruli formed of tufts of capillaries which unite to make an efferent vein the capillaries are surrounded by epithelioid cells; the function of the gland is unknown, g. chorioid'eum, chorioid skein, a marked enlargement of the chorioid plexus of the lateral ventricle at the junction of the central part with the inferior horn. g. coccyge'um, coccygeal gland, Luschka's gland, a structure similar to the g. caroticum, situated at the termination of the sacral artery near the tip of the coccyx.