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  2. Sweat gland - Wikipedia

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    Sweat glands, also known as sudoriferous or sudoriparous glands, from Latin sudor 'sweat', [6] [7] are small tubular structures of the skin that produce sweat. Sweat glands are a type of exocrine gland, which are glands that produce and secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct. There are two main types of sweat glands that ...

  3. List of glands of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Littré's glands, Morgagni's glands spongy portion of the urethra: mucous racemose 20 Lumbar glands: abdomen, near the back 21 Mammary gland: breast: milk: compound tubulo-acinar 22 Meibomian gland: eyelids: sebaceous 23 Moll's glands: eyelids: sebum 24 Montgomery's glands: mammary areola: sebaceous 25 Naboth's glands cervix and os uteri: mucous 26

  4. Eccrine sweat gland - Wikipedia

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    Myoepithelial cells support the secretory epithelial cells. The duct of eccrine gland is formed by two layers of cuboidal epithelial cells. [9] Eccrine glands are active in thermoregulation by providing cooling from water evaporation of sweat secreted by the glands on the body surface and emotionally induced sweating (anxiety, fear, stress, and ...

  5. Exocrine gland - Wikipedia

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    Seromucous glands (mixed) secrete both protein and mucus. Examples include the salivary glands: although the parotid gland (saliva secretion 25%) is predominantly serous, the sublingual gland (saliva secretion 5%) mainly mucous gland, and the submandibular gland (saliva secretion 70%) is a mixed, mainly serous gland.

  6. Perspiration - Wikipedia

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    Perspiration, also known as sweat, is the fluid secreted by sweat glands in the skin of mammals. [1]Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and apocrine glands. [2]

  7. Apocrine sweat gland - Wikipedia

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    An apocrine sweat gland (/ ˈ æ p ə k r ə n,-ˌ k r aɪ n,-ˌ k r iː n /; from Greek apo 'away' and krinein 'to separate') [5] [6] is composed of a coiled secretory portion located at the junction of the dermis and subcutaneous fat, from which a straight portion inserts and secretes into the infundibular portion of the hair follicle. [7]

  8. Pericardium - Wikipedia

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    Pericardium is also known as cardiac epidermis. Surrounds heart and bases of pulmonary artery and aorta. Deep to sternum and anterior chest wall. The right phrenic nerve passes to the right of the pericardium. The left phrenic nerve passes over the pericardium of the left ventricle. Pericardial arteries supply blood to the dorsal portion of the ...

  9. Preorbital gland - Wikipedia

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    They are lined by a combination of sebaceous and sudoriferous glands, and they produce secretions which contain pheromones and other semiochemical compounds. [1] Ungulates frequently deposit these secretions on twigs and grass as a means of communication with other animals. [2] [3] The preorbital gland serves different roles in different species.