Barbour R A
Histochemistry. 1981;72(1):133-48. doi: 10.1007/BF00496788.
The accessory male reproductive glands of the hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus latifrons, are a prostate and three pairs of Cowper's glands. Component units of all are branched tubular structures of varying epithelial makeup and secretory content. The prostate has the carrotlike shape and three consecutive regions commonly found in marsupials. The regions differ in their tubular histology and histochemistry: all contain secretory globules in glandular lumina. Cowper's glands A and B are histologically identical except for the absence of interstitial mast cells from gland G: gland C is characterized by narrower tubules and larger epithelial cells. Histochemical tests for protein, carbohydrate and iron indicate that glycogen is a major secretory product of the prostate (largely posterior region), iron is also secreted (mainly posterior region) and a small quantity of acid mucin is produced (mainly central region). Glycogen is a feature also of anterior prostatic glandular epithelium and of the capping cells of the urethral transitional epithelium. Cowper's gland A has considerable protein in its secretion, gland B a neutral glycoprotein and gland C a sialomucin: the latter two also exhibit cytoplasmic glycogen in their secretory cells.
毛鼻袋熊（Lasiorhinus latifrons）的雄性附属生殖腺包括一个前列腺和三对考珀氏腺。所有这些腺体的组成单位都是分支管状结构，其上皮组成和分泌成分各不相同。前列腺呈胡萝卜状，具有有袋类动物常见的三个连续区域。这些区域在管状组织学和组织化学上有所不同：所有区域的腺腔内都含有分泌小球。考珀氏腺A和B在组织学上相同，只是腺体G中没有间质肥大细胞；腺体C的特点是小管较窄，上皮细胞较大。蛋白质、碳水化合物和铁的组织化学测试表明，糖原是前列腺（主要是后部区域）的主要分泌产物，铁也有分泌（主要是后部区域），还产生少量酸性粘蛋白（主要是中部区域）。糖原也是前列腺前部腺上皮和尿道移行上皮覆盖细胞的一个特征。考珀氏腺A的分泌物中有大量蛋白质，腺B有中性糖蛋白，腺C有唾液粘蛋白：后两者的分泌细胞中也有细胞质糖原。
