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  2. Sweat gland - Wikipedia

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    Eccrine sweat glands are everywhere except the lips, ear canal, foreskin, glans penis, labia minora, clitoral hood, and clitoris. They are ten times smaller than apocrine sweat glands, do not extend as deeply into the dermis, and excrete directly onto the surface of the skin. [8] [5] [26] [4] The proportion of eccrine glands decreases with age ...

  3. Skin appendage - Wikipedia

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    Sweat glands are distributed all over the body except nipples and outer genitals. Although the nipples do have the mammary glands, these are known as modified sweat glands. Sebaceous glands are typically found in the opening shafts of hair. They are not on the palms of the hands or the soles of the feet.

  4. 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]

  5. Exocrine gland - Wikipedia

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    Examples are sweat glands of arm pits, pubic region, skin around anus, lips and nipples; mammary glands, etc. Holocrine – the entire cell disintegrates to excrete its substance; for example, sebaceous glands of the skin and nose, meibomian gland, zeis gland, etc.

  6. Why Sweat and Heat Make Your Skin So Sensitive - AOL

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    Here too, showers can help rinse away sweat and oil. Avoiding the worst of the heat by staying indoors in an air-conditioned environment can give your skin a break as well. Melasma

  7. Mammary gland - Wikipedia

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    A mammary gland is an exocrine gland in humans and other mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring.Mammals get their name from the Latin word mamma, "breast".The mammary glands are arranged in organs such as the breasts in primates (for example, humans and chimpanzees), the udder in ruminants (for example, cows, goats, sheep, and deer), and the dugs of other animals (for example, dogs ...

  8. When Nature Gets Weird: 50 Odd Facts That May Leave You ... - AOL

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    It turns out that elephants actually do have a better memory than most living things. ... teat or nipple like other mammals, platypi secrete milk more diffusely. In other words, they “sweat ...

  9. Bumps On Nipples Are More Common And Normal Than You ... - AOL

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    You may be worried that bumps on your nipples signal an underlying disease, but that's not always the case. Ob-gyns explain what the bumps actually mean. Bumps On Nipples Are More Common And ...