A silk gland kind of looks like a sac with a lot of silk proteins stuck inside.

did you just say pituitary gland?

And then we have silk, Thai silk.

Avoid fluoride, this affects the pineal gland.

and the pituitary gland is the boss.

the central endocrine gland has been removed.

the pituitary gland has indeed been removed.

Each of these silk fibers exits from the spigot, and if you were to trace the fiber back into the spider, what you would find is that each spigot connects to its own individual silk gland.

Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.

Silk feels soft.

Silk, Brand new.

The normal example, let's take the human mammary gland.

Now it's an amusement park. No, no, the gland...

Pyriform silk glands make the attachment cement that's the silk that's used to adhere silk lines to a substrate.

This feels like silk.

This silk feels smooth.

Dressed in fine silk and (also) in thick silk, facing each other,

And the most studied silk line of them all major ampullate silk.

This triggers the pituitary gland, a pea sized gland found at the base of the brain, to release adrenocorticotropic hormone which then stimulates the adrenal gland sitting on top of the kidneys to release cortisol, the major stress hormone.

We deal in silk goods.

The dress is of silk.

Her hair feels like silk.

Silk feels soft and smooth.

Silk, gray, those beautiful buttons.

So this material is silk.

We are developing spider silk.

That's really silk, isn't it?

Well, it's just... I'm kind of new at these gland games.

see if any bodies have turned up with a missing pituitary gland.

The gown is made of silk.

The merchant deals in silk goods.

She was in a silk dress.

She is always clothed in silk.

You added silk to the bottom.

But what, exactly, is spider silk?

Spider silk is almost entirely protein.

Most spiders use copious amounts of silk, and silk is essential to their survival and reproduction.

And so we marvel at silk worms the silk worm you see here spinning its fiber.

Your pituitary gland pumps this stuff out as part of the stress response.

The silk worm does a remarkable thing it uses these two ingredients, protein and water, that are in its gland, to make a material that is exceptionally tough for protection so comparable to technical fibers

This beautiful dress is made of silk.

I gave my father a silk tie.

I sewed the dress with silk thread.

My parents were running a silk farm.

Silk road connotes independence and mutual trust.