Balloonists prepare to inflate their hot air balloons on the second day of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol, southwest England. The Fiesta features over 150 hot air balloons from around the world. The event runs from August 11th to the 14th on the Ashton Court Estate in Bristol.
A bulbourethral gland, also called a Cowper gland for English anatomist William Cowper, is one of two small exocrine glands in the reproductive system of many male mammals (of all domesticated animals, they are only absent in the dog).They are homologous to Bartholin's glands in females.he bulbourethral glands are compound tubulo-alveolar glands, each approximately the size of a pea in humans. In chimpanzees, they are not visible during dissection, but can be found on microscopic examination. In boars, they are up to 18 cm long and 5 cm in diameter.
What is the function of the bulbourethral glands? The main function of the bulbourethral or cowper's gland is to  produce and release the pre-cum to rid the urethra of any acidic  urine.The clear fluid neutralizes urine â¦ in the urethra so that  when a man ejaculates, the sperm in the semen are not destroyed by  acidic urine leftover in the urethra.  The bulbourethral glands (also known as the cowper's glands) are  male sexual glands. They are located below the prostate and  discharge a component of the seminal fluid into the urethra. During  sexual intercourse each gland produces a secretion known as  pre-ejaculate.