Sweat Glands Flashcards
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Aka
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Sudoriferous glands
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Types of sweat glands
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Apocrine, eccrine
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Apocrine glands
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Found at hair follicles
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Eccrine glands
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Open onto the skin and are most numerous in the palms of the hands, soles of the feet and forehead
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Pores
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Opening on the surface of the skin that act as the ducts of the sweat gland
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Ducts of the sweat glands
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Pores
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Hidrosis
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Production and excretion of perspiration
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Mammary glands
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Milk-producing, modified sweat glands
