salt gland

As they have salt glands, both saline and ephemeral water can be drunk.

They have salt glands that secrete salty water through the nostrils.

The posterior portion of the naris may have held a salt gland.

The salt gland is an organ for excreting excess salts.

Adult specimens of Metriorhynchus also have these well-developed salt glands.

It has been suggested that this space accommodated a salt gland or some kind of electrosensory organ.

The presence of large foramen in the turtle's skull where salt glands were is an interesting evolutionary point.

The salt glands inside the eye sockets were extremely large and well-developed in Pelagornis.

Tambachia, like other trematopids, likely possessed a salt gland similar to those seen in modern reptiles.

The anatomy of the countercurrent exchange mechanism in the salt gland is as follows:

The excess salt can be stored in cells or excreted out from salt glands on leaves.

Inside the lacrimal bones were depressions that may have held glands, such as salt glands.

In seabirds the salt gland with its countercurrent exchange mechanism work as follows:

Salt glands maintain salt balance and allow marine vertebrates to drink seawater.

Inside the eye sockets of at least some pseudotooth birds - perhaps only in the younger species - were well-developed salt glands.

Many species have specialized salt glands to allow them to tolerate salt water, but these have not yet developed in young birds.

Salt glands are dysfunctional in Alligatoridae.

Terrapins have lachrymal salt glands, not present in their relatives, which are used primarily when the turtle is dehydrated.

Excess salts are also excreted by nasal and lingual salt glands in some reptiles.

Like later sea turtles though, Santanachelys had large salt glands situated near its eyes which allowed it to drink saltwater without dehydration.

However they are less tolerant of saltwater than crocodiles as the salt glands on their tongues are non-functioning.

Seabirds can drink seawater and have salt glands inside the head that eliminate excess salt out of the nostrils.

The much larger lachrymal salt gland found in leatherbacks may have evolved to cope with the higher intake of salts from their prey.

Other differences include teeth placement, the lack of salt glands in crocs and one of most important differences - crocodiles are more aggressive.

The albatross also has a salt gland above the nasal passage which helps to remove salt from the ocean water that they imbibe.