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== Accessory Glands ==
 
== Accessory Glands ==
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* Several accessory glands
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The guinea pig has several accessory glands.
** '''Vesicular glands''': Large, yellow-white vermiform sacs lying in the caudal peritoneal cavity dorsal to the bladder and extending cranially into the abdomen.They are long and coiled in appearance, filled with semi-solid seminal secretions.
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** '''Prostate gland''': Lies close to the base of the vesicular glands.
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** '''Coagulating glands''': Lie close to the base of the vesicular glands.
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=== Vesicular glands ===
** '''Bulbourethral glands''': Oval, paired glands which lie close to the urethra at the ischial arch.
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* Large, yellow-white vermiform sacs lying in the caudal peritoneal cavity dorsal to the bladder and extending cranially into the abdomen.
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* They are long and coiled in appearance, filled with semi-solid seminal secretions.
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=== Prostate gland ===
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* Lies close to the base of the vesicular glands.
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=== Coagulating glands ===
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* Lie close to the base of the vesicular glands.
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=== Bulbourethral glands ===
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* Oval, paired glands which lie close to the urethra at the ischial arch.
    
== Mammary Gland ==
 
== Mammary Gland ==
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