nasal gland

All birds have an enlarged nasal gland at the base of the bill, above their eyes.

In birds, such as penguins, salt is removed through nasal glands.

The nasal glands are innervated with secretomotor from the nasopalatine and greater palatine nerve.

The anterior nasal glands help moisturize the nasal mucosa.

Chicks do not drink before fledging, reabsorbing water, and, like adults, excreting excess salt in a concentrated solution from a specialised nasal gland.

The nasal glands are the seromucous glands in the respiratory region of the nasal mucous membrane.

As a result, they have developed this lateral nasal gland to supplement renal salt secretion by expelling excess potassium and sodium chloride.

A complex protein produced in a nasal gland has been identified by researchers as the chemical messenger that carries aromas to the odor-sensing nerves of the nose.

Similarly the marine iguanas on the Galápagos Islands excrete excess salt through a nasal gland and they sneeze out a very salty excretion.

The three major types of nasal glands are anterior serous glands, seromucous glands, and Bowman glands.

A nasal gland filters its blood for excess salt ingested while eating, which is expelled through the nostrils, often leaving white patches of salt on its face.

The supraorbital gland is a type of lateral nasal gland found in some species of marine birds, particularly penguins, which removes sodium chloride from the bloodstream.

Greater petrosal nerve - provides parasympathetic innervation to several glands, including the nasal gland, palatine gland, lacrimal gland, and pharyngeal gland.

The Namaqua Chameleon has evolved several adaptations to cope with desert conditions; they excrete salt from nasal glands to conserve water, and dig holes to aid in thermoregulation.

The glands, sometimes called nasal glands or supraorbital glands, are above the eye, and they secrete the extra-salty fluid they collect into the nasal passages just behind the eye.

The protein, called the odorant binding protein, or OBP, is secreted by the lateral nasal gland and carried by a duct to the tip of the nose, Dr. Snyder said.

The mangrove monitor is one of only two species of monitor lizard, the other being Varanus semiremex, that possess salt-excreting nasal glands, which enable them to survive in saltwater conditions and to consume marine prey.

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