Chapter 4: Sweats and Sebaceous Glands Flashcards
Sweat Glands are also called?
Sudoriferous glands.
What are Sweat Glands?
Tiny coiled glands found on almost all body surfaces.
What are the Sudoriferous glands?
Eccrine, sweat glands.
Where are Eccrine swat glands. found?
On the soles of the feet, palms, forehead, cheeks and armpits.
Where does Eccrine Glans open?
Directly onto the surface of the skin.
What does Eccrine Glands secrete?
An odorless, clear fluid.
What does the Odorless, clear fluid that Eccrine Glands secrete do?
Helps the body to control its temperature by promoting heat loss through evaporation.
What are the other type of sweat glands called?
Apocrine glands.
Where does Apocrine glands open into?
Hair follicles in the scalp, armpits and genital region leading to the surface of the skin.
What does the Apocrine glands produce?
A thick fluid.
What happens when the fluid that Apocrine glands produce comes in contact with bacteria on the skin?
It produces a characteristic “body odor”.
How does the Eccrine and Apocrine sweat glands are activated?
By nerves.
What stimulates the nerves that activate Eccrine and Apocrine sweat glands?
Temperature, hormones, emotions and physical activity.
What are Subaceous Glands?
Microscopic organs in the skin that are connected to hair follicles.
What does Sebaceous Glands secrete?
An oily substance called Sebum.
How is Sebum released?
Through ducts opening into the hair follicles.
What happens after sebum is secreted?
It moves onto the surface, lubricates and waterproofs the skin.
How do we get goosebumps?
When we experience cold temperature, intense emotion, fear, shock, etc.
What happens when the Nervous System sends a message to the nerve endings?
It triggers the Arrector Pili muscles that causes the hairs to stand up.
What does the hair also pulls?
A little bump of the skin up with them.
Does Goosebumps have any beneficial function in humans?
No.
