glandular tissue ~ body tissue that produces and releases one or more substances for use in the body. Some glands produce fluids that affect tissues or organs. Others produce hormones or participate in blood production.
The interglandular tissue is also increased in quantity, and is crowded with large round, oval, or polygonal cells, termed decidual cells.
Adenomyosis, on the other hand, is normal glandular tissue which grows into the muscle probably because of a breakdown in the anatomic separation between the muscle and the endometrium.
Hormonal changes because of pregnancy bring about an increase in the glandular tissues and the amount of fat in the breasts. The breasts therefore grow in size and become engorged.
Glandular Cancer - A form of cancer, beginning in the glandular tissue, in which the malignant tissue is derived from epitheleal cells or arranged in a gland like pattern.
Due to lack of glandular tissue, they have an elongated or tubular form, and often small; there may also be significant asymmetry.
Prostate Gland: a gland near the bladder of males that is made of muscle and glandular tissue. The prostate adds white fluid to the sperm to create semen..
Fibrocystic lumpiness is also described as "ropy" or "granular" and seems to become more obvious as a woman approaches middle age and the milk producing glandular tissue gives way to softer, fatty tissue.
With your monthly menstruation cycle the breasts start to prepare for conception. With conception they continue to develop glandular tissue containing milk making cells and pathways right through to delivery of the baby following a 9 month pregnancy.
 See also: Tissue, Pregnancy, Hormone, Infection, Ovulation
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