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Harbour Bridge - Sydney - Australia

The Harbour Bridge is a steel arch bridge that allows trains, cars and pedestrians to cross the Sydney Harbour. With the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge is an icon of both the city Sydney and Australia.

Pink Flamingo - Galápagos - Ecuador

These birds with long and curved necks, are the only birds to be tall and pink. They are found not only in the Galápagos Islands, but also on some islands in Central America and some parts of Africa and Asia.

Kylemore Abbey - Connemara - Ireland

This Neo-Gothic castle is located in the region of Connemara. It was built by Henry Mitchell who later offered it to his wife. Today the monastery became a school for girls and is run by nuns.

Zambezi River - Zimbabwe

The Zambezi River has its origins in the low-lying floodplains where Zambia, Zaire and Angola meet, an area from which water flows both northwest into the Congo system and the Atlantic, and southwest into the Zambezi system and the Indian Ocean.

Sublingual Gland

The sublingual glands are the smallest of the salivary glands and they lie under the tongue. They secrete saliva into the oral cavity to facilitate mastication and swallowing.

Oral Anatomy

References

Naudin C., Grumbach N., Larousse Médical, 3ième édition, Paris, 2003.
Marcovitch H., Black's Medical Dictionary, 41st edition, London, 2005.
Leikin J. B., Lipsky M. S., Complete Medical Encyclopedia, First edition, New York, 2003.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (www.wikipedia.org).
Last update: 28th of August 2008.