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Sweat glands, also
known as
sudoriferous or
sudoriparous glands, from
Latin sudor '
sweat', are
small tubular structures of the skin that
produce sweat...
- sebum, as
sebaceous glands open into the same hair follicle.
Unlike eccrine sweat glands,
which secrete continuously, the
apocrine glands secrete in periodic...
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known as
sweat, is the
fluid secreted by
sweat glands in the skin of mammals. Two
types of
sweat glands can be
found in humans:
eccrine glands and apocrine...
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Eccrine sweat glands (/ˈɛkrən, -ˌkraɪn, -ˌkriːn/; from Gr**** ek(s)+krinein 'out(wards)/external+secrete') are the
major sweat glands of the
human body...
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serous glands; also
called "eccrine", e.g.
major sweat glands of humans,
goblet cells,
salivary gland, tear
gland and
intestinal glands)
Apocrine glands –...
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ectodermal structures such as the hair, teeth, nails,
sweat glands,
salivary glands, cranial-facial structure,
digits and
other parts of the body...
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Exocrine glands are
glands that
secrete substances onto an
epithelial surface by way of a duct.
Examples of
exocrine glands include sweat, salivary, mammary...
- skin
gland secretions.
Humans have
three types of
sweat glands:
eccrine sweat glands,
apocrine sweat glands and
sebaceous glands.
Eccrine sweat glands are...
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soles of the feet. In the eyelids,
meibomian glands, also
called tarsal glands, are a type of
sebaceous gland that
secrete a
special type of
sebum into tears...
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perspiration due to the high
number of
sweat glands (eccrine
glands in particular) in
these areas. When
excessive sweating is
localized (e.g. palms, soles,...
