Scent Glands
"Scent Glands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Exocrine glands in animals which secrete scents which either repel or attract other animals, e.g. perianal glands of skunks, anal glands of weasels, musk glands of foxes, ventral glands of wood rats, and dorsal glands of peccaries.
| Descriptor ID |
D012543
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.820
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| Concept/Terms |
Scent Glands- Scent Glands
- Gland, Scent
- Glands, Scent
- Scent Gland
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