"Salt Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D012491
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.811
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| Concept/Terms |
Salt Gland- Salt Gland
- Gland, Salt
- Glands, Salt
- Salt Glands
- Rectal Gland
- Gland, Rectal
- Glands, Rectal
- Rectal Glands
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Chipkin SR, Stoff JS, Aronin N. Immunohistochemical evidence for neural mediation of VIP activity in the dogfish rectal gland. Peptides. 1988 Jan-Feb; 9(1):119-24.