salt gland - CISMeF

Preferred Label : salt gland;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : gland, salt; rectal gland; rectal glands; glands, salt; salt glands; gland, rectal; glands, rectal;

MeSH annotation : in marine animals & birds only; X ref RECTAL GLAND is found in sharks, rays & skates & is used often in marine electrolyte studies; in marine animals and birds only; entry term RECTAL GLAND is found in sharks, rays and skates and is used often in marine electrolyte studies;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt gland;

Details

Origin ID

D012491;

UMLS CUI

C0036139;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
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- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
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- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire rectal gland (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Rectal gland [FMA entity]
- rectal gland [Radlex concept]
- rectal glands, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- rectal salt gland [UBERON concept]
- salt gland [UBERON concept]
Record concept(s)
- salt gland [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]

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