Anatomy
salt gland
salt gland
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A compound tubular gland, located around the eyes and nasal passages in marine animals and birds, the physiology of which figures in water-electrolyte balance. The Pekin duck serves as a common research animal in salt gland studies. A rectal gland or rectal salt gland in the dogfish shark is attached at the junction of the intestine and cloaca and aids the kidneys in removing excess salts from the blood. (Storer, Usinger, Stebbins & Nybakken: General Zoology, 6th ed, p658)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Compound tubular gland, located around the eyes and nasal passages in marine animals and birds, the physiology of which figures in water-electrolyte balance; also the rectal gland or rectal salt gland in the dogfish shark which is attached at the junction of the intestine and cloaca and aids the kidneys in removing excess salts from the blood.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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