Cutaneous glands

Question 0

apocrine sweat glands

Answer 0

secrete by exocytosis. occur in groin, anal region, axillary, areola and male beard area; sweat contains more fatty acids, have a larger lumen

Question 1

mecronine (eccrine) sweat glands

Answer 1

secrete by exocytosis. 99% water, potassium, sodium, chloride, ammonia, urea, and lactic acid. cools body down; the more common sweat glands

Question 2

sebaceous glands

Answer 2

produce oily secretion, flask shaped with short ducts that open to hair follicles. Keeps hair from being brittle, dry and cracked

Question 3

ceruminous glands

Answer 3

found in auditory (ear) canal where their secretion combines with sebum to form earwax

Question 4

sudoriferous

Answer 4

merocrine and apocrine sweat glands