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  2. Eccrine sweat gland - Wikipedia

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    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 pain). [6] [7] The white sediment in otherwise colorless eccrine secretions is caused by evaporation that increases the concentration of salts.

  3. Sweat gland - Wikipedia

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    Eccrine glands have three primary functions: Thermoregulation: sweat (through evaporation and evaporative heat loss) can lead to cooling of the surface of the skin and a reduction of body temperature. [29] Excretion: eccrine sweat gland secretion can also provide a significant excretory route for water and electrolytes. [30]

  4. Composition of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Not all elements which are found in the human body in trace quantities play a role in life. Some of these elements are thought to be simple common contaminants without function (examples: caesium, titanium), while many others are thought to be active toxins, depending on amount (cadmium, mercury, lead, radioactives).

  5. Ceruminous gland - Wikipedia

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    Ceruminous glands are specialized sweat glands located subcutaneously in the external auditory canal, in the outer third.Ceruminous glands are simple, coiled, tubular glands made up of an inner secretory layer of cells and an outer myoepithelial layer of cells. [1]

  6. List of human cell types - Wikipedia

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    Often making it difficult to say whether some collected and observed cells are really one or multiple types of cells. This lack of standards makes it difficult to estimate how many cell types and how many of each cell types can be found in the human body, as well as difficult to predict which young cells one would need to develop with mature cells.

  7. List of human hormones - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of hormones found in Humans. Spelling is not uniform for many hormones. Spelling is not uniform for many hormones. For example, current North American and international usage uses [ citation needed ] estrogen and gonadotropin, while British usage retains the Greek digraph in oestrogen and favours the earlier spelling ...

  8. Twmbarlwm - Wikipedia

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    It is often mistakenly referred to as a mountain but is actually a hill due to being under 600 m (2,000 ft). It is 419 m (1,375 ft) high and is a well-known landmark throughout the region. It commands extensive views across what is now the M4 corridor, over Newport and Cwmbran - with part of it coming into Cwmbran - and out over the Bristol ...

  9. Organelle - Wikipedia

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    In cell biology, an organelle is a specialized subunit, usually within a cell, that has a specific function.The name organelle comes from the idea that these structures are parts of cells, as organs are to the body, hence organelle, the suffix -elle being a diminutive.