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Yes. Their mouth and nostrils need to be kept somewhat moist, and mucus is secreted to serve this purpose.
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Do any reptiles have mammary glands?
Fur and mammary glands are two of the main characteristics of animals in the class Mammalia. Mammals also have three middle ear bones, neocortex, and a four-chambered heart.
Mammals have which trait that birds and reptiles lack?
Mammals are warm blooded and their young suckles milk. reptiles and amphibians are cold blooded that's what I remember
Is a lizard a reptile or a amphibian?
Lizards are reptiles. While some reptiles may be just as happy (if not happier) in the water as out of it (crocodiles, alligators, turtles, snakes), amphibians are biologically adapted to aquatic living (salamanders, frogs, toads). Among the more striking differences between reptiles and amphibians is their skin; reptiles have tough scales where amphibians do not - amphibians tend to produce a mucous layer to keep their skin moist (slimy).
Do sharks have nipples?
no thay are fish Only mammals have nipples
With what do reptiles conserve water?
Crocodiles have low metabolic rate and thus need to raise body temperature by basking in the sun. Crocodiles do not have sweat glands and this is how they conserve water on their bodies.
What is a thin sticky film produced by the mucous glands?
Mucus is the thin, sticky film produced by the mucous glands.
What does the dermis does not contain?
Mucous glands.
What sticks to the cilia?
Mucous, made by mucous glands, stick to the cilia of cells that are found in the mucous membranes.
What are the mucous producing glands lining the gingiva called?
The salivary glands
What glands under a frogs skin keep the skin moist?
Mucous glands
What are buccal glands?
Buccal glands (or genal glands) are mixed glands in the mucous lining of the cheeks of mammals, except aquatic forms.
A gland can be mucous or serous but not bothtrue or false?
Some salivary glands produce both mucous and serous secretions, and these are called "mixed" glands. -Pasqualino P.
What is glandular mucous?
The cells that secrete mucus are the goblet cells. They are not considered glands and there are no glands that are mucous.
How does a fish mucous glands protect it?
by getting food
Is mucous membrane an example of endocrine and exocrine glands?
No
Did dinosaurs have sweat glands?
Only mammals have sweat glands. Dinosaurs were reptiles, so they did not have sweat glands.
Which are the specialized cells that secrete material used elsewhere in the body?
endocrine glands, exocrine glands, pituary glands, mucous glands, synovial glands, and sebaceous glands all secrete material fluids
