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What is the turtle's salt gland for?
turtles, like majority of reptiles use glands located in their nasal passages, tear ducts, etc to secrete excess salt
Do penguins have a gland that converts sea water to fresh water?
"They can drink salt water because their supraorbital gland filters excess salt from the bloodstream. The salt is excreted in a concentrated fluid from the nasal passages." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supraorbital_gland
Do sea gulls have a salt gland?
The secret of the gull's ability to survive drinking salt water lies in a pair of glands in the head, but their function was not eluciadated until a few years ago. Each gland consists of thousands of minute tubes arranged like the bristles on a bottle brush. Where the handle of the brush would be is a central tube communicating with the nasal cavity. A rich supply of fine blood vessels surrounds the gland, which extracts the salt from the blood.
Do penguins have a salt gland or a sweat gland?
They have salt glands which prevent an excessive amount of salt in the water from irritating the skin. The salt glands are found on the penguin's facial region.
What is the gland doctors image with iodine-131?
The thyroid gland is often imaged using a salt of iodine-131 as this gland has a high uptake of iodine.
What is the name of the disease that has to deal with salt?
the lack of salt is called Goiter, an enlargement of the thyroid gland.
What gland is associated with sugar salt and sex?
Adrenal Cortex
Even though the cocentration of salt is higher in some gland-cells than in blood-cells the gland-cells can still take salt out of blood-cells this is an example of?
active transport
Is ocean nasal spray harmful if swallowed?
It will not harm you if you swallow Ocean Nasal Spray because it contains no medication. It is just purified salt solutions.
What Gland is in the head?
There are several: the pineal gland, the pituitary gland, the hypothalamus is a glandular structure, there are mucus glands in the mouth and nasal cavities, there are several salivary glands, glands which produce cerumen in the external auditory canal, oil glands on the skin of the face and scalp, lacrimal gland, meibomian glands, etc.
How does a gland work?
Sorry, but you're going to have to ask about a specific gland.
What is transphenoidal hypophysectomy?
Surgically removing the pituitary gland through the nasal cavity, going through the sphenoid bone/sinuses of the skull.
