Sweat gland
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Sweat glands, (sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands),[2] are small tube-like glands in the skin that create sweat.
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A cross-section of the human skin, with the sweat gland labeled at the bottom | |
Latin | Glandula sudorifera[1] |
System | Integumentary |
Nerve | Eccrine: cholinergic sympathetic nerves Apocrine: adrenergic nerves |
Precursor | Ectoderm |
The evaporation of sweat helps to cool the body down. Also, in many mammals, the sweat contains a slight scent which other animals can notice.
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References
- ↑ Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology (2008). Terminologia histologica: international terms for human cytology and histology. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 121. ISBN 9780781775373.
- ↑ "sudoriferous". The New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd).