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Coon Island as it appears on a 1951 USGS topographic map. An aerial view, looking toward the west, of the Napa River where it flows into San Pablo Bay through Vallejo.Islands visible include, from bottom of image: Mare, No. 1, Knight, Russ, No. 2, Green, Bull, Edgerly, Coon, Little, and Tubbs.
The secretions of the anal glands are composed of 2,2-dimethyl thietane, 2-ethylthietane, cyclic disulfide, 3,3-dimethyl-1,2-dithiacyclopentane, and indole. When stressed, the American mink can expel the contents of its anal glands at a distance of 12 in (30 cm). [12] Scent glands may also be located on the throat and chest. [19]
Intestinal glands are found in the epithelia of the small intestine, namely the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, and in the large intestine (colon), where they are sometimes called colonic crypts. Intestinal glands of the small intestine contain a base of replicating stem cells , Paneth cells of the innate immune system , and goblet cells , which ...
Coon Island (California) Coon Island (Oregon) Pirrita Island, formerly known as Coon Island (Australia) Coon Island (Pennsylvania) Coon Island (Ontario) Coon Island (Washington) Coon Island (South Carolina) Coon Bone Island, West Virginia; Coon Island Township, Butler County, Missouri
Sudoriparous glands, Boerhaave's glands skin: 39 Sigmund's glands: epitrochlear lymph nodes of axilla: 40 Suzanne's gland: mouth, beneath the alveolo-lingual groove [1] mucous 41 Tiedmann's glands, Bartholin's glands, vulvovaginal glands vulva, vagina: 42 Tubarial glands: posterior nasopharynx, over the torus tubarius [2] saliva 43 Uterine ...
Above: Ozopore (circled) of the millipede Martensodesmus cattienensis.Below: ozopore magnified. An ozopore is the opening of a defensive gland present in some arthropods, notably in millipedes of the order Polydesmida [1] and in harvestmen, the eight-legged arachnids also known as "daddy long-legs".
Located between the base of the penis and the rectum, the prostate is a walnut-sized gland that plays a role in the production of semen, according to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. The more you know!
The uropygial gland is strongly developed in many waterbirds, such as ducks, petrels, pelicans and in the osprey and the oilbird. A study examining the gland's mass relative to body weight in 126 bird species showed the absence of a clear-cut correlation between the gland's mass and the degree of birds' contact with water.