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**The fundus of the sac secretes a potent smelling fluid that drains through a single duct to an opening near the anocutaneous juncntion.
**The fundus of the sac secretes a potent smelling fluid that drains through a single duct to an opening near the anocutaneous juncntion.
**The anal sacs get compressed during defecation, which causes the fluid to be expressed. The scent of the fluid is thought to act as a territorial marker.
**The anal sacs get compressed during defecation, which causes the fluid to be expressed. The scent of the fluid is thought to act as a territorial marker.
***Large, coiled apocrine tubules.
***Have many glands in their walls.
***These glands are tubuloalveolar and produce a fatty secretion.
***Anal sacs are clinically important as they are commonly diseased in dogs - frequently, they become enlarged due to accumulated secretion.
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